Category: Mobius

Since September 2023, several publications on Russian Telegram channels involved in the support of Russian engineering units have revealed the mass production of improvised anti-personnel mines in Russia. These are copies of the Soviet PMD-6, produced using available materials and...

On October 3, 2023, several police officers were injured, one seriously, after they were called to investigate a banner hung on a bush near Moo No. 6, Ban Pa Sak area, Panare District, in Pattani Province, in southern Thailand. The...

On September 24, 2023, Iran’s state media channels reported a large 28-man Islamic State militant network had been recently arrested in a coordinated operation in Tehran, Alborz and West Azerbaijan provinces.The majority of weapons seized during the raid were firearms,...

On August 28, 2023, a video was published on Russian Telegram channels that describes an FPV-based improvised loitering munition whose main payload is a PG-9 warhead modified in accordance with the mission to allow it to explode upon impact with...

On September 24, 2023, several dozen ethnic Serbian gunmen stormed the village of Banjska, in Zvečan municipality, in northern Kosovo, ambushing a police patrol and killing a police officer. Weapons recovered after the attack included various former Yugoslav and Serbian...

In recent months, there have been a number of incidents involving the use of sticky IEDs by the Al-Shabaab group, targeting high-ranking officials in Somalia. This assassination TTP is also intended to foment chaos among the local population. Al-Shabaab, a...

On September 11, 2023, in the framework of Bolivarian Shield Operation Catatumbo Lightning 2023, the Armed Forces of Venezuela raided six camps operated by Colombian militant groups in Venezuela.One of the camps, in Jose Maria Semprún municipality, in Zulia State,...

On September 13, 2023, a work accident occurred as an IED was being placed on the security fence on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. As a result of the explosion, six Palestinian militants were killed. In recent...

In recent months, since June 2023, standard and improvised weapons have been documented in use by the parties involved in the violent conflict in Manipur. Among the documented munition items were hand grenades and rifle grenades, mortar bombs and other...

On September 3, 2023, four IEDs were discovered in a backpack in a clothing store adjacent to a mall in the city of Iligan, in Northern Mindanao, in the Philippines. According to authorities, the IEDs, which were connected to RC...

On August 28, 2023, documentation of a sandal IED surfaced on Afghan social media, with reports claiming it was intended to be used by a Tajik Islamic State Khorasan Province suicide bomber in a PBIED assassination targeting the Taliban’s senior...

On August 24, 2023, the Achilles UAV unit of the 92nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine posted a video documenting their disassembling of a US-made 155 mm M483A1 artillery cluster bomb carrying dozens of M42 and M46 submunitions...

In the past year, there have been numerous incidents involving Al-Shabaab’s use of RC initiation systems. Among the variety of RC systems, which includes mobile phones, vehicle alarm systems and commercial systems, the use of RC systems formerly branded by...

On July 29, 2023, a large explosion occurred at a fireworks warehouse in Su-ngai Kolok District, in Narathiwat Province, in southern Thailand, on the border with Malaysia. At least 12 people were killed in the blast and dozens more were...

On August 16, 2023, the Federal Security Service of Russia announced the capture of a Ukrainian reconnaissance and sabotage unit in Starodubsky District, in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, close to Russian-Ukrainian border. The day before, another group was captured in the...