T4, you are in another realm with SAAB. Sweetman said they are 6th gen and lack of speed and agility is a feature.
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However, what should qualify the JAS 39E for a Gen 6 tag is what suits it most for a post-Cold War environment. It is not the world's fastest, most agile or stealthiest fighter. That is not a bug, it is a feature.
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