Strategic Maneuver: The 1997 Stealth Acquisition of MiG-29s by the US
The CTR Program, also known as the Nunn-Lugar CTR, established to aid former Soviet states in denuclearization and to prevent proliferation, became the backbone of this transaction. On March 4, 1997, Moldova was certified as eligible for the CTR program, and an "umbrella" agreement was concluded between the nations on June 23, greenlighting this exchange…