As I understand it, The Gripen has a much lower operating cost than the others [0]. At any rate, I never said cost was the only factor - only that it was an im

As I understand it, The Gripen has a much lower operating cost than the others [0]. At any rate, I never said cost was the only factor - only that it was an important (read: non-arbitrary) one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_JAS_39_Gripen#Usability_and_maintenance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_JAS_39_Gripen#Usability_a...