Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
1999 Cyprus Special Weapons News
|
- Press Release About the Deployment of Aspide Missiles in South Cyprus Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs Information Department 04 June 1999 -- The deployment of sophisticated Aspide missiles in South Cyprus will constitute a new threat and destabilizing element vis-a-vis the security of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
- DoD News Briefing Thursday, February 4, 1999 --
We think that the decision not to deploy the missiles on Cypress was the right thing to do. Deploying them on Crete was a Greek option. We appreciate the helpful role Greece has played in resolving the S-300 issue.
- TURKEY / GREECE / CYPRUS Voice of America 15 January 1999 -- SENIOR TURKISH OFFICIALS SAY GREEK PLANS TO DEPLOY RUSSIAN MADE S-300 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES ON THE ISLAND OF CRETE
WILL DANGEROUSLY ESCALATE MILITARY TENSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO NATO ALLIES.
|
NEWSLETTER
|
|
Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list
|
|
|
