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Key Points and Summary - After the Soviet collapse, advanced weapons were stranded across new states. In 1997 the United States quietly bought 21 Moldovan MiG-29s—fourteen MiG-29Cs, six MiG-29As, and ...

Key Points and Summary - During the Cold War, two Soviet pilots handed the West priceless insights by flying their jets to freedom. In 1976, Viktor Belenko landed his MiG-25 Foxbat in Japan, letting U ...