US EditionPeru Abandoned Gripen for F-16 Block 70 as Political Collapse, Impeachment Fallout, and US Strategic Pressure Reshaped Its Fighter Choice
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In a significant strategic move, the Peruvian government announced today (Tuesday) the purchase of 24 advanced F-16 Block 70 fighter jets from the American company Lockheed Martin. The deal, estimated at billions of dollars, marks the largest systemic renewal of the Peruvian Air Force in decades, and constitutes a dramatic shift in the regional balance of power. According to a report in the newspaper DIARIO EXPRESO, the decision came after a hea…
Peru Abandoned Gripen for F-16 Block 70 as Political Collapse, Impeachment Fallout, and US Strategic Pressure Reshaped Its Fighter Choice
Peru’s decision to abandon the Saab Gripen E in favour of the Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 represents one of the most consequential fighter procurement reversals in modern Latin American defence history. What began as a technically grounded, cost-conscious modernisation plan has evolved into a geopolitical realignment shaped by political collapse in Lima, strategic recalibration within the Fuerza Aérea del Perú (FAP), and intensifying diplomati…
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