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ESD: As a combat pilot, how do you assess the MiG-21's capabilities if compared to the DRAKEN? Jokinnen: The MiG-21 had a small cockpit and a lot of switches inside. Aerodynamically it was a great aircraft to fly. Its short range air-to-air missile (AA-8) capability was not that bad in the beginning of the 1990s. The plane was physically very small and this made it very difficult to detect in aerial combat before entering merge. I'm unable to do a comparison as I did not fly the DRAKEN. ESD: Regarding the HX programme - but independently from the preferred bidder selection expected this year - what is the status of the evaluation programme? What advantages do you expect the selected aircraft to offer over the current F/A-18 fleet?