The proposed sale of a 2.4bn USD anti-ship missile system is nearing final approval

  • 100 Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems
  • including 400 Harpoon anti-ship missiles

The point of watching these developments is how they further shape already strained US-China (mainland) relations. I suspect we'll get some disapproving official commentary out of China on this today (Tuesday).

And BTW, the annual plenum got underway yesterday