Editing Cyprus problem (section)

====Missile crisis====
The situation took another turn for the worse at the start of 1997 when the Greek Cypriots announced that they intended to purchase the Russian-made [[S-300 (missile)|S-300]] anti-aircraft missile system.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Efthymiou|first=Stratis Andreas|s2cid=157301069|date=30 September 2016|title=Militarism in post-war Cyprus: the development of the ideology of defence|journal=Defence Studies|language=en|volume=16|issue=4|pages=408–426|doi=10.1080/14702436.2016.1229126|issn=1470-2436|url=http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/5589/7/Stratis%20Andreas%20Efthymiou.%20Militarism%20in%20post-war%20Cyprus_%20the%20development%20of%20the%20ideology%20of%20defence.%20final%20edit..pdf}}</ref> Soon afterwards, the [[Cyprus Missile Crisis]] started.<ref>{{cite book |last=Efthymiou|first=Stratis Andreas|chapter=Cypriot Energy: Nationalism, Militarism and Masculinity on the Maritime Boundaries|date=2019|title=Nationalism, Militarism and Masculinity in Post-Conflict Cyprus|pages=217–236|publisher=Springer International |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-14702-0_7|isbn=978-3-030-14701-3|s2cid=198635065}}</ref> The crisis effectively ended in December 1998 with the decision of the Cypriot government to transfer the S-300s to [[Crete]], in exchange for alternative weapons from [[Greece]].