Hydra report June 2025
This month’s Terrogence Hydra report delivers critical, actionable intelligence on the rapidly evolving global threat landscape. Our analysis uncovers the intricate connections between physical attacks, geopolitical crises, and the growing sophistication of cyber terrorism. The findings in this report provide...
Mobius report 48/2025 – Purpose-Built Shaped Charge Payloads for Improvised Loitering Munitions, Ukraine
In May 2025, several events were published on Telegram channels affiliated with Russian combat forces, showing the deployment by Ukrainian forces of improvised loitering munitions equipped with warheads containing a shaped charge with a domed liner and fragmentation. These warheads...
Mobius report 47/2025 – ADAM and RAAMS Scatterable Mine Systems, Ukraine
Since the beginning of 2025, several documented instances of the presence of M74 antipersonnel mines, originating from the US Area Denial Artillery Munition (ADAM) system, have surfaced in Ukraine. These compact mines deploy tripwires upon dispersion, which when triggered, activate...
Mobius report 46/2025 – Operation Spider’s Web – Coordinated FPV Drone Attacks Against Russian Airbases
On June 1, 2025, multiple Russian airbases were subjected to coordinated FPV drone-based improvised loitering munition attacks, dubbed Operation Pavutina (“Spider’s Web / Cobweb”) by the Security Service of Ukraine. The strike on Belaya Airbase, located approximately 4,000 km from...
TGA0841 – First Documented Attempt to Smuggle Drugs via Balloons from Syria to Jordan
On May 24, 2025, Jordanian security forces successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle drugs from Syria into Jordan using balloons. The balloons were loaded with plastic containers holding a large quantity of narcotics and were equipped with a digital timer...
Mobius report 45/2025 – Weapons Seized During Operation Black Forest Targeting Naxalites in India
From April 21 through mid-May 2025, Operation Black Forest was conducted against the Naxalite organization in the forested areas spanning the Indian states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana. As part of the operation, Indian security forces uncovered and seized a significant...
TGA0840 – China Modifies Artillery Shells into Guided Gliding Bombs
On May 17, 2025, images of Chinese artillery shells dubbed “DLB-P” precision-guided munitions – modified guided gliding bombs – surfaced online. According to online publications, apart from the artillery shell-based gliding bombs, China is also currently producing locally-made guidance kits that...
TGA0839 – Zhdun: Stationary FPV Loitering Munition Ambush Tactic
A new TTP emerging from the Ukraine conflict involves the covert deployment of improvised loitering FPV drones in a dormant state along anticipated enemy movement routes. Both Russian and Ukrainian forces have utilized drones that are covertly landed and remain...
TGA0838 – ELN VBIED Attacks Targeting Toll Plazas, Northern Colombia
Since December 2024, Colombia has experienced three VBIED attacks targeting toll plazas in northern Colombia. All of the toll plazas were located either on or very close to border crossings with Venezuela, and caused significant destruction, multiple casualties, and operational...
Mobius report 44/2025 – Coordinated IED Attacks, Pattani, Thailand
On June 8, 2025, two explosions occurred approximately six minutes apart at two locations near the Ton Toh Rung Night Market in Pattani. The first IED initiated at 8:05 PM, at the entrance to the night market. The second IED...
Mobius report 43/2025 – The Smuggling of Weapons from Syria to Lebanese Hezbollah
During May-June 2025, extensive documentation emerged detailing the seizure of weapons shipments and the disruption of their smuggling from Syria to Hezbollah forces in Lebanon. These seizures, made both within Syrian territory and inside Lebanon, point to an intensifying trend...
Mobius report 42/2025 – Armored Vehicles of the Mexican Cartels – Progression
Since their emergence in the late 2011s, armored vehicles, commonly dubbed monstruos (“monsters”), narco-tanks or simply technicals, have become an iconic feature of Mexican cartels. The designs of these improvised fighting vehicles vary widely across armed groups: some favor large,...
Mobius report 41/2025 – Improvised UAV Bomblets in Mexico 2024-5
In the past year, the trend of the increased use by Mexican cartels of armed UAVs carrying small, improvised bomblets has continued. This tactic has become one of the main methods used in combat between rival groups, as well as...
