United Nations Saab 39

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In 1995, a decision was proposed by the Security Council that the United Nations should raise their own standing forces. The proposal was backed fully by the Russian Government who saw it as a good way to keep standing forces in training with somebody else paying, but was ultimately a plot hatched by the United States to sell their new warships and warplanes, confident that the organisation would follow where the United Nations led. However, this did not turn out to be the case. While Russias offer to provide most of the ground forces was accepted, the treaties regarding warships and fighters was heavily disputed in the security council who each had their own airplane industry to think about.

 

Negotiations was more intense then most dogfights as the diplomats argued for the Rafaele, for the Hornet, for the Flankers and Eurofighters and J-10s. A similar argument was forestalled in the Navy department where the United States as a gesture of good will decided to donate most of their aging Cruiser and Destroyer fleet to the cause, giving the United Nations a fair number of vessels to command.

After eight months of negotiations, a choice still had not been made and the time was running out fast - a decision had to be made in less then two months. In order to buy more time, it was decided that none of the Security Council Permanent Members was allowed to sell the Jets and the United Nations would look for another fighter that fit the specifications; expecting the question to be returned to them once it was obvious that no other could produce a Jet that was good enough.

 

It was at this moment that the Swedish delegation managed the impossible feat of simultaneously shutting up the Delegations of five major nations by declaring that by this decision, the Saab 39 Gripen was the only candidate left. Stunned, the diplomats turned on their advisor's, most who had simply fled in order not to be needlessly blamed.

 

Two weeks later, a Ceremony announced the purchase of a special version of the Gripen, simply named the Saab 39 for United Nations service. Two-Seaters, with capacity for advanced weapons and electronic warfare, they saw service in the International Interventions against Lybia in 2011 and against North Korea in 2015. The sale of over 150 Jets to the United Nations also provided a boon for Saab to lease and sell their Gripen-A and Gripen-C to various smaller countries.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 25, 2013 by JonathanRL