CNS Resources on the Missile Crisis over Cyprus

Sale of the Russian S-300PMU-1 Missile System to Cyprus:
Selected CNS Missile Database Abstracts1

1995
12/20"U.S. to Go Ahead with Missile Sale to Turkey"

1996
9/18"U.S. Said Pressuring National Guard to Cancel Arms Program"
12/19"Russia Said Ready to Sign Missile System Contract"

1997
1/6"Russia, Cyprus Conclude Arms Deal"
1/11"Turks Rattle Their Swords over Cypriot Missile Plan"
1/14"Pledge on Missiles Eases Cyprus Crisis, Envoy Says"
2/4"S-300 Antiaircraft Missiles at Shooting Practice Hit All the Targets"
9/3"Turkish Planes Can Be Destroyed Immediately after Takeoff"
9/4"Measures against Missile-Carrying Ships in Straits Viewed"
9/13"Turks Threaten to Blockade Cyprus and to Boycott the EU
9/17"Turkish Military Commanders' Meetings Noted"
9/22-28"Turkey Plans Robust Procurement Spending"
10/1"Contract of the Month: Cyprus Purchasing Russian Air-defense Systems"
10/10"Russian Envoy's Warning Against Attack On S-300 Carrier"
10/13"Turkish Defense Minister Views Cyprus, Greek Relations"
10/14"Holbrooke's Proposals on Cyprus Said Rejected by Turkey"
10/22"Greek Minister on Violations, Threats"
10/26"Turkish Paper Views S-300 Crisis, Warns against Piracy"
11/6"Cyprus Protests as Turks Blast Mock Missile Sites"
12/9"Defense Ties with Turkey Bolstered"

1998
1/14"Plan for Delivery of Russian S-300 SAMs to Cyprus 'On Schedule"
3/27"Russia Protests Pangalos' Proposal to United States"
3/29"Cyprus Denies Greek Press Reports on S-300"
4/6"Greek Daily Reports Burns Intervention on Pangalos' Idea"
4/7"Paper Says More Russian Missiles to be Bought by Cyprus"
4/10"Greece Turns to Russia"
4/15"Israel Denies Spying on Cyprus"
4/30"Russia Presents Cyprus Demilitarization Proposals at UN"
5/6"Turkey Favors Missile Deployment to Greece, not Cyprus"
5/15"Turkey Uses Carrot and Stick Approach on Russian Missile Sale to Cyprus"
5/21"Russian Missile Supply to Cyprus Endangers Israeli-Russian Offer in Turkey"
5/22"Denktas Says Negotiations to Stop if Missiles Deployed"
6/4"Greek Daily Views Greece-Cyprus Joint Defense Doctrine"
6/9"Cohen Mulls 'No-Fly' as Idea for Cyprus"
6/22"Greek, Cypriot Officers to Attend S-300 Show in Russia"
7/1"Turkish Paper Claims Turkey Acquired ATACMS Missiles"
7/9"Cypriots Test New Missile in Russia"
7/10"Milliyet Sees US Formula on S-300 Missiles"
7/14"Turks Didn't Train Against SAMs Here"
7/17"Paper Claims Israeli Planes Used North Cyprus Airbase"
7/17"Russian Paper Quoted on S-300 Transport from Atlantic"
7/24"Greece Will 'Get Involved' If Turks Attack In Cyprus"
8/4"Denktas Says Missiles No Obstacle to Relations with Russia"
8/5"Holbrooke Reportedly Mediates to Defuse Greek-US Crisis"
8/19"US Envoy In Turkey For Cyprus No-Fly Talks"
8/21"Turkish Paper: Cyprus' S-300 Delivery Could Be Postponed"
8/26"Stylianides Quashes Speculation of Rift"
8/31"Greek Paper Views Postponement Of S-300s' Deployment"
9/11"Cyprus Considering Second Russian Missile Deal"

Sources:

  1. This is a selection of abstracts regarding the S-300PMU-1 sale to Cyprus included in the International Missile Database of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS). This database was created in 1990, and contains over 8,500 abstracts of information regarding international sales and development of ballistic and cruise missiles, missile-defense systems, and missile components and technologies. Access to the full collection is available only by subscription. For subscription information click here.


Michael Barletta and Erik Jorgensen, September 1998.
© Center for Nonproliferation Studies,
Monterey Institute of International Studies


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