Consequently, in 2007, the missiles were finally and irrevocably sold to Greece in exchange for alternative military articles, reputed to consist of a significant quantity of short-range TOR-M1 missile systems, and an undisclosed type of medium-range air-defence missile systems. Greece also supplied Cyprus with twelve self-propelled 155 mm artillery howitzers as partial rental payment for the use of the S-300s between 1999 and 2006. On 13 December 2013, and for the first time since the missile system was acquired, it was tested in Crete. The launch was carried out as part of the White Eagle 2013 military exercise and was described as “successful.”