Category: Mobius

On April 10, 2023, a motorcycle VBIED was initiated next to the vehicle of a senior Quetta police officer near Qandhari Bazar, in Quetta, in Balochistan, Pakistan. As a result of the explosion, two police officers and two civilians were...

On June 5, 2023, a YouTube channel affiliated with the Balochistan Liberation Army that features tutorial videos for tactical training published a step-by-step instructional video of the preparation of an RCIED. The BLA was ranked the fifth most deadly terrorist...

During the past year, following an increase in Naxalite activity in their main areas of operation, and subsequent raids by security forces, numerous documentation of IEDs and IED components used by the Naxalites, particularly in the states of Chhattisgarh and...

On May 25, 2023, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation announced their capture of a Ukrainian sabotage cell responsible for planning IED attacks against electrical infrastructure  targets in several regions in Russia.According to the FSB, on the eve...

On May 31, 2023, at around 7:50 PM, Philippine military forces engaged in armed clashes with members of the Islamic State-affiliated Maute group in Piangologan, in Marogong Municipality, in Lanao del Sur Province. The exchange of fire reportedly resulted in...

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, we have witnessed the continuous use of RC initiation systems/blasting machines by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In April 2023, an RC initiation system was used with an IED that was...

In recent months, against the backdrop of the escalation in violence between Israel and the Palestinian organizations in the Gaza Strip, and Lebanese Hezbollah in the northern sector, the different armed groups published various documentation of their military capabilities. Prominent...

On May 5, 2023, a VOIED was discovered when a parcel was opened by a resident of the Vale dos Lagos neighborhood of Salvador, in Bahia State, Brazil. The partially opened package contained an IED whose initiation system included a...

On May 10, 2023, a joint Ecuadorian National Police and Armed Forces of Ecuador operation led to the discovery of a weapons cache belonging to the Colombian “Comandos de la Frontera” group in Lago Agrio canton, in Sucumbíos Province, in...

Since September 1, 2022, the commander of a Ukrainian UAV unit that operates in Bakhmut has showcased and analyzed case studies from the unit’s combat tactics, so other UAV operators can learn and improve their operations. Particularly interesting is the...

While sophisticated Russian firing devices have been frequently documented with mines in Ukraine, recent evidence shows the Russian use of the TM-83 off-route mine with its seismic and optic sensors, as well as directional AP fragmentation mines fitted with MVE-92...

On April 24, 2023, Ukraine launched a combined attack incorporating aerial loitering munitions and uncrewed surface vessel water-borne IEDs against the port of Sevastopol, in the Crimean Peninsula, where the Russian Black Sea Fleet is based. The use of USVs...

During March 2023, Taliban forces (currently governing Afghanistan) raided weapons depots and IED workshops of the Islamic State, where they found old standard weapons, explosives, IEDs and equipment for assembling them. In addition to these seizures, a new supply of...

On April 2, 2023, an explosion occurred at Street Food Bar № 1, located on the corner of 6-Ya Liniya V.o. and Leytenanta Shmidta embankment, in St. Petersburg, Russia. A well-known military blogger named Maxim Fomin, also known under the...

On April 22, 2023, Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin’ carried out a complex attack incorporating SVBIEDs combined with raids targeting a Malian Air Force base in the town of Sévaré, which also hosts Russian Wagner Group forces, who have increased...