Global Defense Corp

East Asia and Pacific Region

China sentences former Nanjing city official Yang Youlin to death for taking $325 million in bribes over 30 years.

A former economic development official in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing was sentenced to death Monday for taking bribes worth $325 million over three decades. China’s AVIC Executive Jailed for Taking BribesDateOctober 22, 2020Xi [...]
Europe

Ukraine destroyed Russia’s largest oil refinery in Omsk, 2700 km from the Ukrainian border.

The Omsk facility, run by Gazprom Neft, processes about 460,000 barrels of oil daily and supplies much of Siberia’s fuel, including for military needs. Ukraine’s military reported damage to a key refining unit, while the [...]
Anti-air Missiles

Germany shot down a drone near an Israeli-made Arrow 3 missile defense system.

Drones were sighted over the Arrow 3 missile defense system in the eastern German town of Holzdorf only two days before its inauguration on Dec. 3, according to media reports. Israel Completes Tests of Upgraded Iron Dome Missile [...]
Africa

Tuareg rebel group shoot down a Russian Mi-24P helicopter in Mali.

Russia has lost another attack helicopter in Africa, this time to Tuareg rebel fighters in Mali rather than to the war in Ukraine that has already cost Moscow dozens of similar aircraft. The Azawad Liberation [...]