Saab 36
Saab Project 1300-76, the finalised configuration.
General information
Type	Bomber
Manufacturer	Saab AB
Status	Cancelled project
Number built	none

TheSaab 36 (also known asProjekt 1300) was a cancelledSwedish supersonicbomber planned bySaab AB during the 1950s. The aircraft was intended to be able to carry an 800 kg free-falling nuclear weapon, but theSwedish nuclear weapons program was cancelled in the 1960s; the plans for the bomber had been cancelled in 1957. The Saab 36 was to be fitted with delta wings, as was theSaab 35 Draken fighter. The engine was to be a version of the BritishBristol Olympus turbojet, the same engine powering theAvro Vulcan jet bomber.

General characteristics

• Crew: one pilot
• Length: 17 m (55 ft 9 in)
• Wingspan: 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 54 m² (581 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 9,000 kg (19,840 lb)
• Gross weight: 15,000 kg (33,070 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 ×Bristol Olympus , 44 kN (10,000 lbf) thrust each

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 2.14
• Service ceiling: 18,000 m (59,100 ft)

Armament

• 1 × 600–800 kg (1 300–1 800 lb) free-fall nuclear bomb

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• BAC TSR-2
• Convair B-58 Hustler
• Dassault Mirage IV
• North American A-5 Vigilante
• Tupolev Tu-22

• Berns, Lennart (April 1991), "A36 – SAABs atombombare avslöjad" [SAAB atom bomber unmasked],Flygrevyn (in Swedish), no. 4.

• Saab aircraft
• Abandoned military aircraft projects of Sweden
• Twinjets
• Nuclear weapons program of Sweden
• Mid-wing aircraft
• Tailless delta-wing aircraft

• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)