Well, the israelis and the americans seem to field pretty effective ECM Suites. At the moment they are bombing unpunished a regional power armed with latest eastern weapons, like the russian S-400 and the chinese HQ-9 SAM, which are marketed to have anti-stealth capabilities. If the Gripen has the same capabilities then it will do it„s job just fine...
(1) They aren't armed with "latest eastern" suites, neither S-400 nor HQ-9(which themselves aren't latest any longer, but this is beyond the point). They had 2 sets of PMU2, but they were taken out back in 2024.
Iranian AA is for the most part its own thing, coming from CW Standard, Hawk, and Kub legacies. Apparently, not all that well.
(2) Even CW aircraft without significant defensive suites and in vulnerable positions are doing fine over Iran.
Gripen E has way more defensive EW capability than just about any American tactical aircraft, and probably most Israeli ones too(while Israel is a frontrunner at self-escort, many of their (visible) solutions at this point are on the dated side).
I meant whether Gripen-E for example would be able to operate over say occupied Ukraine not the non occupied parts, because currently with F16AMs this isnt the case. They risk getting hit by Russian Su-35s or other type such long range air to air.
Any Ukrainian aircraft will be at risk of getting hit by Russian missiles when in the front area, there's no way around that. But until VKS doesn't want to fly over enemy ground, it's manageable with the right tactics.
I find it amusing how videos such as this try to portray this as something unique to the Gripen. Shock, horror, so does the Rafale, Typhoon, F-35 etc etc to varying degrees.
There's nothing physically unique in modern EW suites(like a different set of physics); all of them are very broadly similar. Even if there are some engineering choices on how to approach things. This, by the way, most certainly covers 5th-gen sets, they are not some unicorn sets built on some other math.
But Arexis is the latest (and quite likely the most capable atm) in the line of rather elaborate European suites, which tend to take EW self-escort to extreme (i.e., self-defense suit takes more volume and design attention than primary attack sensor). More premium volume within the aircraft, the best positions for the job.
meant whether Gripen-E for example would be able to operate over say occupied Ukraine not the non occupied parts, because currently with F16AMs this isnt the case. They risk getting hit by Russian Su-35s or other type such long range air to air. But with Meteor and Gripen theory is they could fend off capable Russian air superiority fighters which currently have Air to Air missiles that outrange them.
It's functionally very hard to outrange Russian fighters, as you can't operate at the same altitude as them in the first place.
In energy competition between the Meteor and Russian A2A missiles, 40N6, 9M82/83, or even 77N6(aka stupidly large and fast Russian heavy SAMs, with the last one weighing as much as Gripen itself) will likely win.
What Meteor can do is it can reach very respectable ranges while shot from the deck and/or relatively slow. This can make aircraft relevant and capable of contesting air superiority despite the odds.
