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Georgia Gilholy, a UK-based journalist, evaluates the strategic "opening" Saab is utilizing to pitch the Gripen fighter to Canada as an alternative or "dual...
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Georgia Gilholy, a UK-based journalist, evaluates the strategic "opening" Saab is utilizing to pitch the Gripen fighter to Canada as an alternative or "dual...
The debate over the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II versus the Saab JAS 39 Gripen in the Canadian context is no longer just a...
Summary and Key Points: The Saab Gripen E isn’t a minor refresh—it’s a re-architected fighter built around Sweden’s Cold War logic of survivability under...
Summary and Key Points: Sweden’s Saab 36 was a Cold War-era concept for a Mach 2, high-altitude nuclear delivery aircraft designed to preserve neutrality...
Key Points and Summary – Saab CEO Mikael Johansson has confirmed that the Swedish defense giant is considering a direct collaboration with Airbus on...
Key Points and Summary – How did the JAS 39 Gripen ever get into a position to challenge the F-35 fighter in sales competitions...
Key Points and Summary – This piece revisits the Saab 36, a forgotten Swedish supersonic nuclear bomber project born from Cold War fear of...
Key Points and Summary – Saab’s 29 Tunnan looked like a joke and flew like a revelation. -Nicknamed the “Flying Barrel,” it was actually...
Key Points and Summary – Sweden may have joined NATO only in 2024, but during the Cold War it quietly designed its own nuclear...
Article Summary – Though over 4,000 missiles were fired at the SR-71 Blackbird, the legendary spyplane was never shot down—and only one foreign jet...