{"id":72535,"date":"2010-12-04T14:56:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-04T14:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2010\/12\/04\/le-jsf-la-norvege-et-la-delicatesse-us-merci-wikileaks\/"},"modified":"2010-12-04T14:56:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-04T14:56:00","slug":"le-jsf-la-norvege-et-la-delicatesse-us-merci-wikileaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2010\/12\/04\/le-jsf-la-norvege-et-la-delicatesse-us-merci-wikileaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Le JSF, la Norv\u00e8ge et la d\u00e9licatesse US (merci, Wikileaks<\/em>)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Le JSF, la Norv\u00e8ge et la d\u00e9licatesse US (merci, Wikileaks<\/em>)<\/h4>\n

Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la vigilance de Bill Sweetman, \u00e0 nouveau en pleine exploration du cas JSF, on a quelques \u00e9chos du comportement US dans le cas du choix du JSF par la Norv\u00e8ge \u00e0 l’automne 2008, qui avait beaucoup surpris<\/a>. (Depuis, la Norv\u00e8ge est revenue sur ce choix, et sur la pointe des pieds).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tNotamment, la surprise avait concern\u00e9 l’\u00e9limination du Gripen<\/em>, pourtant largement favori, avec beaucoup d’avantages, etc. Sur son blog<\/em>, le 3 d\u00e9cembre 2010<\/a>, Bill Sweetman rapporte des d\u00e9tails recueillis de plusieurs documents Wikileaks<\/em>, repris par le quotidien su\u00e9dois Aftenbladet<\/em>. On y retrouve les habituelles et d\u00e9licates m\u00e9thodes US dans cette sorte d’occurrence, et la d\u00e9monstration in vivo<\/em> que les Su\u00e9dois, qui ont autour de 40% de l’\u00e9quipement du Gripen<\/em> d’origine US, sont compl\u00e8tement prisonniers des USA \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00abWikiLeaks cables show that US officials recommended delaying export approvals for a new Raytheon radar in order to undercut the Saab Gripen NG’s chances in Norway, before the country’s December 2008 decision to acquire the Joint Strike Fighter. The cables were originally reported (and linked) by Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbThe original Norwegian decision surprised and puzzled observers, both because of its tough repudiation of the Gripen and because of the $52 million quoted price of the JSF which was a reach in 2008 and now appears ludicrous, with the US estimating $92 million in base-year dollars and Lockheed Martin hoping for $60 million flyaway (really a tow-away, because the engine is extra).<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbUS officials, including then deputy defense secretary Gordon England, also warned the Norwegian government that the choice of aircraft will have an impact on the bilateral relationship between the two countries but the second-in-command at Norway’s defense ministry asked the US government to deny that any political pressure had been applied.<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbAlong the way, US ambassador to Norway Benson Whitney dismissed then Norwegian defense minister Anne-Grete Strom-Erichsen as weak, and, while describing her subordinate Espen Barth Eide as regarded as the force which steers the defense ministry, added that very senior US officials… characterized Barth Eide as ‘weasily’ [sic]. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbAccording to documents, Swedish defense minister Sten Tolgfors met with Michael Wood, US ambassador to Sweden, in June 2008 to discuss the possibility of adapting a Raytheon active electronically scanned array (AESA) for Gripen NGs in the Nordic region. At the time, Saab had an agreement with Thales to use that company’s AESA technology in the Gripen Demo prototype but had not made a decision about a production configuration.<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbWood had previously reviewed the request, on which Sweden expected a decision in September, but on July 9 advised the Defense Department to put the request on hold until Norway had made its decision<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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