alt Hacker NewsAnd I'm just going to link the obligatory link to the video of a Viggen landing, reversing, turning around and taking off again, because that's just how cool the Viggen was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBE41A9VT3Q
From stationary to airborne in 8 seconds.
Same airbase, 10 years later (i.e. a week ago).
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XbTL2kBnN7Q
The reason it can do this is because of the dispersed road airbase system where you are expected to manage with very few resources.
And this is all SAAB military aircraft in one shot https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uel1N2F6jo0