Category: Mobius

On January 19, 2026, at approximately 3:00 PM, an explosion occurred at the China Lanzhou Beef Noodles restaurant in Kabul. Post-incident footage confirms the establishment sustained significant structural damage. The Islamic State Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the suicide attack....

While Ukrainian clandestine sabotage and assassination IED operations often incorporate standard or standardized military-grade initiation systems (primarily RC systems), some foiled plots and equipment recovered from detained agents have featured improvised systems assembled from commercially available components. Timer modules remain...

The use of electronic initiation systems incorporating an independent power source and intended for the initiation of loitering munition payloads, armed UAV payloads and emplaced IEDs has become increasingly widespread in recent years during the Russia–Ukraine War. Throughout the conflict,...

During the Russia–Ukraine War, there has been widespread use of advanced electronic initiation systems developed and produced by volunteer groups, alongside official entities. A significant portion of these electronic initiation systems has been designed to initiate explosive payloads and ammunition...

On January 22, 2026, an IED was discovered near banners calling for the independence of the historical Patani region. The IED consisted of a PVC pipe, a standard electric detonator, a digital timer initiation system, and an explosive charge assessed...

During 2025, several variants of a new Iranian loitering munition launched from a canister were documented, building on earlier canister-launched systems such as the Meraj-521, as well as the Shahin and Sanjar systems launched from naval platforms. Among the footage...

On January 4, 2026, documentation was circulated on Ukrainian and Russian online platforms showing an E-series Geran-2 UAV fitted with a 9K333 (SA-29) shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile. This documentation of a Geran-2 UAV armed with an air-defense missile continues a recently...

On December 26, 2025, at approximately 10:25 AM, a powerful explosion occurred at the Ummul Qura International Madrasa in Hasnabad, South Keraniganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. As a result of the explosion, the madrasa director, his wife, and...

The Verba family of initiation systems represents a continuation of the Ukrainian-manufactured Djonik systems, incorporating either magnetic sensing or impact-based activation. The Verba series currently comprises a wide range of variants used as initiation systems for FPV racing drone-based improvised...

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...

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...

On December 6, 2025, at approximately 11:40 AM, an explosion occurred on Rayón Avenue in the center of Coahuayana de Hidalgo, in Coahuayana municipality, Michoacán State, western Mexico. Four community police officers were killed and more than a dozen others...

Since October 6, 2025, a Ukrainian initiation system designated “Opera” has been documented with increasing frequency in the Ukrainian theater of operations. Although this type of system had been observed prior to this period, more detailed and repeated documentation has...

In late November and early December 2025, a Russian Telegram channel alleging affiliation with the Russian airborne forces shared a short instructional video for a drone-delivered VOIED. The video depicts the use of an MUV fuze paired with an improvised...