The Gripen can be refueled and rearmed on the ground in about 10 minutes by a single technician, a sergeant, and five conscripts. Sweden actually has fewer than a hundred Gripen's itself. Ukraine is so keen on the F-16 that they've even published a little tongue-in-cheek video bringing its praises with a 1980s theme.
Geoffrey Hinton, a legend of artificial-intelligence research, wants to be able to speak his mind about the technology’s risks. We ask whether those steeped in a field are best-placed to judge it. It has long been clear Ukraine needs more fighter jets; we look at the ones it may get at last. And the first video game about the Holocaust.
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