> The aircraft was also designed from the beginning to be easy to repair and service, even for personnel without much training.
> The digital central computer was the first of its kind in the world, automating and taking over tasks previously requiring a navigator/copilot
> The airframe also incorporated a thrust reverser to use during landings and land manoeuvres, which [...] enabled operations from 500 m airstrips with minimal support.
> By the mid-1980s, Swedish Viggen fighter pilots [...] had managed to achieve radar lock-on with radar on the SR-71 on numerous occasions. Despite heavy jamming from the SR-71, target illumination was maintained by feeding target location from ground-based radars to the fire-control computer in the Viggen.
All around one of the coolest fighter jets ever made. Swedish engineering makes me eat my big fat American heart out every time.