During the war in Ukraine, both sides have employed the TM-72 anti-tank mine in limited numbers. Available documentation indicates these Soviet-era mines are designed for use with two types of standard magnetic influence fuzes. TM-72 mines are significantly rarer on...
The conflict in Ukraine has driven the rapid development of diverse solutions to counter the threat posed by FPV racing drone-based improvised loitering munitions. Recent documentation indicates both sides are employing illuminator and projector devices that appear to emit infrared...
The annual Hydra 2025 report contains an almanac of jihadi statistics and infographics published throught the year. In Somalia, the Al-Karrar office manages a significant portion of the coordination for the Islamic State’s operations at the regional level in Africa....
Since late November 2025, Ukraine has launched a series of successful uncrewed surface vessel water-borne IED attacks targeting Russia-linked oil tankers in the Black Sea and adjacent maritime areas. Most of the targeted vessels were sailing under foreign flags; however,...
During December 2025, open-source imagery documented Geran-2 multi-role unmanned aerial system configured to carry R-60 air-to-air missiles. Multiple warhead variants, as well as added payloads for submunition dispersal, have previously been documented on the platform; however, this particular modification raised...
On November 30, 2025, the Balochistan Liberation Front conducted a complex attack on a Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters in Chagai, Balochistan. The raid began with an SVBIED attack, conducted by a female operative, marking the group’s first deployment of a...
Unmanned ground vehicles continue to be deployed for various military assignments in the Russian-Ukrainian theater of operations. Increasing numbers of these systems are used to conduct offensives with RCIEDs mounted on them. This tactic is typically documented with substantial explosive...
In December 2025, the Chechen-origin jihadist media project Lamanho published an instructional manual titled “Anti-Vehicle Radio-Controlled Magnetic IED (2025)” via an Islamic State–affiliated RocketChat server. The publication provides step-by-step guidance for the assembly and deployment of an under-vehicle magnetic IED...
On December 16, 2025, FARC dissidents carried out a coordinated, multi-axis attack in Buenos Aires, Cauca Department, southwestern Colombia, employing a combination of IEDs, improvised indirect fire, armed UAVs, and sustained small-arms fire against police and government facilities. The operation...