Talk:JA 37 Viggen
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I dispute that the Grippen is a 5th gen aircraft. It's more a 4th gen aicraft with some 5th gen capabilities. (mainly the BVR engagement capability) This is often referred to as 4.5 gen. The block 60+ F-16's also fits into this catagory. If it truely was a 5th gen aircraft, you'd have to add supermanuverability by the use of thrustvectoring or other means, and stealth capabilities.
- SAAB names Gripen as the first 5th gen aircraft. Different aircraft-manufacturers use different definitions of the generations and SAABs seem to be the most acurate, since according to SAABs US compeditors, the US have no 4th generation aircraft at all...
'Viggen' means 'Bolt'. It does not mean 'thunderbolt', the Swedish word for 'thunderbolt' would be 'åskvigg', and thus the aircraft would be called 'Åskviggen'.
