TGA0829 – PIR-Based Initiation System Showcased by Russian Forces
March 31, 2025In early February 2025, a new Russian improvised initiation system was revealed in a video shared on a Russian combat-focused Telegram channel. The system includes a PIR sensor and a 24-hour self-destruct feature. While the concept appears simple yet effective,...
TGA0828 Acoustic Lure IEDs Laid Using Ukrainian Drones
March 31, 2025On February 17, 2025, Russian soldiers documented a device apparently designed to lure enemy infantry with sound into a previously placed minefield. Alternatively, the device was intended to be used as a booby trap, and explode when touched or handled....
Mobius report 24/2025 – IED Initiation at Narathiwat Airport and Other Explosions Ahead of Visit by Former Thai PM
March 31, 2025Between February 21 and 23, 2025, three security incidents occurred in Thailand’s southern provinces ahead of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s visit to Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat on February 23. On the evening of February 21, a loud noise resembling...
Mobius 23/2025 – Operations of Islamic State Cells Throughout the Russian Federation
March 31, 2025For many years, the Islamic State has coordinated attacks in Russia via individuals and cells originating from Central Asia and militant-jihad adherents from the Caucasus region. In 2024, the Islamic State and adherents of the group carried out several successful...
Mobius 22/2025 – Fragmentation IEDs at Sports Events
March 30, 2025On March 8, 2025, 12 football fans were arrested at a bus stop in the Ponte dos Carvalhos neighborhood, in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, in Recife, capital of Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco.IEDs fashioned from fireworks to which metal nails...
Mobius report 21/2025 – Self-Destruct Mechanism on Baba Yaga Drones in Ukraine
March 30, 2025Since the end of 2024, increased documentation of small incendiary payloads attached to large rotary-wing UAVs have been found by Russian forces in the Ukrainian arena. These types of large rotary-wing UAVs are usually deployed by Ukrainian forces as armed...
TGA0827 – Motorcycle Used to Lure Security Forces Toward an IED Array, Cauca, Colombia
March 28, 2025On March 5, 2025, security forces neutralized an IED array laid on the side of the road on the outskirts of Popayán, in Cauca Department. A motorcycle stolen the night before had been left on the opposite side of the...
Mobius 20/2024 – Weaponized UAS Imported to Sudan for Rapid Support Forces Operations
March 28, 2025On December 11, 2024, Sudanese Armed Forces soldiers documented a UAV operated by the Rapid Support Forces that was shot down or crashed intact in Sudan. The UAV, deployed as a loitering munition, had a unique configuration that included two...
TGA0826 – First Documentation of Indirect Fire Weapons Production by IS-Somalia
March 25, 2025On February 27, 2025, Puntland counterterrorism forces conducted a raid on an Islamic State-Somalia workshop located in the Cal Miskaad mountains, Bari Region. The operation resulted in the discovery of approximately 2,000 metal casings of various sizes and configurations, likely intended for use...
