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Canada plans fighter jet purchase amid online campaign

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Key Points
  • Canada is planning to buy new fighter jets, considering the F-35 and JAS 39 Gripen.
  • Hundreds of YouTube videos promote the Gripen as superior, but the source is unclear.
  • Saab's CEO visited Canada recently, with the deal gaining relevance amid a U.S.-Canada tariff war.

Canada is planning to purchase new fighter jets, with two alternatives being the American F-35 and the Swedish JAS 39 Gripen. In late March, Saab's CEO traveled to Canada hoping to sell the Gripen. Hundreds of videos with the same message have been published on YouTube, portraying the Gripen as outperforming the American competitor and suggesting the deal is essentially already decided in Sweden's favor.

S. and Canada. When SVT looked closer at the accounts behind the Gripen videos, nothing pointed to Saab, but instead in another direction.

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