Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Sweden's best-selling defence products


Sweden's top-three defence products account for 42 percent of all exports. While a Jas Gripen crashed in central Stockholm twenty years ago, it did not tumble from grace... Find out more about the weapons industry's bestsellers.

Both Thailand and South Africa have bought Sweden's prize defence asset, the Jas 39 Gripen fighter jet, with talks underway with Brazil and Switzerland, where the controversial deal has been tied up in a citizens-initiative referendum.

Despite the Swiss delay, the fighter jet comes out on top as one of Sweden's biggest money-spinning defence exports. It also brings in cash when Sweden rents out planes to other countries.

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