The Nezavisimaya Moldova newspaper reports that weapons provided by Moldova to Armenia were expensive equipment of the republican army.
The weapons included 9V862 and 9V863 "Cobra" missiles and the 9V871-3 anti-missile systems "Konkurs-M". The market price of each exceeds $60,000. Thousands of "Fagot", "Konkurs", "Sturm-C" and "Metis" missiles were sold. Their market value exceeds $5 million.
The contract was worth $3.25 million.
Equipment was sold using an Il-76 plane from Benghazi. The Armenian plane was reported as carrying passengers. It departed from Merkulesht on September 13.
