i was watching the Gripen Demo and it was claimed their that the aircraft could supercruise so i looked at some of its no.s

The Gripen A/B and C/D can also supercruise.

Dry thrust for the RM12 is 54kN, and IIRC 67kN for the F414.

Internal fuel for the Gripen A/C is 3000 liters.

Lol fella don’t get to upset, its a non conventional opinion i hold yes, cutting against the grain of opinion if you like but no need to ball about it. I apolagise for nothing and stand by my claim Gripen is over-rated, cheered on by legions of zealots, normally for nationalistic reasons its capabilitys are exagerated and stretched to be in the same league as the other recent fighters , yet its not even in the same league as Typhoon or Rafale by a long margin as we all know, holds few advantages over twenty year old teen series fighters (if any) ,would be made mincemeat out of by any flanker too and will really struggle in any conflict where the enemy brings anything more then 3rd gen fighters to the fight. I wouldn’t want Gripens in the RAF for example and neither would many others, theres far better to choose from.

So, you judge an aircrafts effectiveness solely on range and how many weapons it can carry. Well, I guess that simplifies things?

i will go on record as saying i think one of these would pwn a gripen the majority of the time.

Sure, if the Gripen is going through an engine overhaul during the attack.

I don’t really see how the Gripen is sleeker and it certainly has its share of bumps. Furthermore that kind of non assisted intake is not helpful for high AoA.

The Gripen has been flown to at least 110deg/AoA during trials. These tests proved undramatic and the inlets never failed to supply air to the engine.

A factor that has not been mention is once an aircraft departures from controlled flight, thrust vectoring will get it back, a fighter without it will end up crashing, a fighter with thrust vectoring will save the machine and returned home that is the reason the flight is called post stall flight.

Thrust vectoring is a life saver

A modern fighter is not an MD-80. FBW allows for carefree handling, so ending up in non-controllable flight is a ridiculously rare occurrence. Although, should it happen, the pilot only needs to let go of the stick and let the computers sort it all out.

The Gripen is loud alright, certainly louder than the Viggen. It’s more like the Draken. The sound is quite sharp and not as thunderous as that of the Viggen. The F/A-18 is certainly louder compared to the Gripen.