While being a country of barely over 10 million people, Sweden has impressed the world by achieving one of the best fighter aircraft programs ever designed.
As one can imagine, an aircraft’s effectiveness is no longer determined mainly by how fast it can fly. Now, the protagonist is the AI and how instant it can interpret information and have it ready for the pilots to act upon in battle.
Unlike its American or Russian counterparts, Swedish Gripen can’t carry the most weapons and has no real stealth either.