For a country with a population of just over 10 million people, it is important that Sweden can maintain one of the best four-plane aircraft programs.
The effectiveness of an airplane is no longer determined primarily by the speed at which it can fly. Now it's about how instant AI can obtain information and present the data for pilots to act on.
Unlike American or Russian fighters, the Swedish Gripen cannot carry the largest number of weapons and does not have true stealth. To be clear, it is not the longest-range aircraft, nor the fastest, nor even the cheapest. However.
Sweden has chosen another niche to compete. The country's goal is to develop a combat aircraft with the most advanced electronics so that it becomes a model for its closest adversary: Russia.
The new Swedish plane surprised the world
