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The Saab JAS 39 Gripen griffin is a lightweight single-engine multirole fighter manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. It was designed to replace the Saab 35 Draken and 37 Viggen in the Swedish Air Force Flygvapnet. The Gripen has a delta wing and canard configuration with relaxed stability design and fly-by-wire technology. It is powered by the Volvo-Flygmotor RM12 engine, a derivative of the General Electric F404, and has a top speed of Mach 2. Later aircraft are equipped for in-flight refuelling; most of the export aircraft have been designed to be compatible with NATO interoperability standards.
At 450,295 square kilometres 173,860 sq mi, Sweden is the third-largest country in the European Union by area, with a total population of about 9.5 million.1 Sweden has a low population density of 21 inhabitants per square kilometre 54 /sq mi with the population mostly concentrated to the southern half of the country. About 85% of the population live in urban areas
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