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WASHINGTON : China has cancelled or postponed several military exchanges with the United States in protest against a proposed 6.5 billion dollar arms sale to Taiwan, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday. “The Chinese reaction is unfortunate and results in missed opportunities,” said Major Stuart Upton. Upton said senior level visits and exchanges involving humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief issues that had been scheduled to take place before the end of November, were cancelled or postponed. The Pentagon notified Congress Friday of 6.5 billion dollars in proposed arms sales to Taiwan, including advanced Patriot missile defenses, Apache attack helicopters and submarine-launched anti-ship missiles. Chinese ... Read Full Story

Taiwan and China agreed Monday to hold a second round of high-level talks in Taipei next week, despite threats by pro-independence activists to disrupt the meeting. “The Chinese mainland’s Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) chairman Chen Yunlin will lead a delegation to Taiwan from December 3 to 7, the first meeting on the island between the two parties,” the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. Kao Koong-lian, vice chairman of Taiwan’s Straits Exchange Foundation, who led the 11-member delegation for a one-day preparatory round of talks held in the Chinese border city of Shenzhen, told Taiwanese media Chen was to lead ... Read Full Story

Taipei, Taiwan –June 2008– Korenix, a leading industrial managed ethernet switch manufacturer announced as the winner of the Best Choice Award at Computex 2008 in Taipei for its JetBox 9310 6 in 1 Industrial Embedded Computer . Korenix, a leading pioneer of industrial computing and networking solutions, announced as the winner of the Best Choice Award at Computex 2008 in Taipei for its JetBox 9310 6 in 1 Industrial Embedded Computer . “Winning COMPUTEX Best Choice Award is a great honor to Korenix and is a reflection of our determination to bring the best embedded solutions to the target market” COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2008 Best ... Read Full Story

The US has offered India a $170 million deal for the sale of two dozen Harpoon air to ground anti-ship missiles to modernise its air force anti-surface warfare mission capabilities and improve its naval operational flexibility. The Pentagon announced the possible sale of the Harpoon missiles to India as Defence minister A K Antony met his US counterpart Robert Gates Tuesday "to discuss ways to deepen the bilateral security cooperation and exchange views on regional and international issues of mutual interest." There was no official word from the Indian side but the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said it had notified the Pentagon of ... Read Full Story

Today Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace signed a contract with the Brazilian navy for the delivery of Penguin anti-ship missiles and associated equipment valued at appr. € 14 million (MNOK 140). The missiles will be deployed on the Brazilian Navy's new maritime helicopters. The Penguin Mk2 Mod7 is now the leading anti-ship missile for deployment on naval helicopters. Over the past five years, it has been exported to several new countries. Read more Read Full Story