Originally Posted by Courtney Mil
Well, unless we're talking cable, it's not landing that's the problem, it's stopping. Point taken about AUW, but massive thrust is often a lot more 1/2 MV^2 than little brakes. If you see what I mean.
Well, Gripen does have that neat trick where they rotate their canards to near vertical so as to act as a massive air brake - and which also pushes the nose-wheel down, increasing its gripping/braking force.