Category: Reports

On December 11, 2024, Sudanese Armed Forces soldiers documented a UAV operated by the Rapid Support Forces that was shot down or crashed intact in Sudan. The UAV, deployed as a loitering munition, had a unique configuration that included two...

Since approximately November 2024, documentation of different types of miniature improvised scatterable anti-personnel mines deployed by Ukrainian forces from UAVs in different locations have begun appearing in the Ukrainian combat arena. Several distinct subtypes of these miniature improvised AP mines...

During February 2025, two IEDs were detected in separate locations within Balochistan Province. On February 6, 2025, security forces recovered an IED concealed in a cement block in Pishin, along with a mobile phone-based initiation system. Notably, the use of...

Both Ukrainian and Russian intelligence services engage in clandestine operations, recruiting agents to carry out covert attacks against their adversaries. Russia focuses its operations on major Ukrainian cities, while Ukraine carries out operations in Russia-occupied territories annexed before the war,...

In November 2024, the Myanmar Army released a training and demonstration video showcasing several types of weaponized UAVs for the first time. The video prominently featured various rotary-wing drones, utilized as both armed UAVs and improvised loitering munitions, carrying custom-made...

In January and February 2025, Somali security forces conducted a series of targeted operations in Bari region, in Puntland State, in northeastern Somalia. The operations were aimed at dismantling Islamic State in Somalia-affiliated militant networks. These operations resulted in the...

In January 2025, following the collapse of the Assad regime, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham forces—now integrated into the interim transitional government—conducted raids on multiple weapons depots in the Homs region, in western Syria. These depots had previously been utilized by Assad’s...

In late January 2025, the Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police detained Russian agents in Zhytomyr, in northwestern Ukraine. The agents were preparing to ambush a police patrol that was supposed to arrive in response to a fake...

In late January 2025, a Russian instructional video detailing the modification process of a POM-2 mine for release from a DJI Mavic series armed drone was posted on a Ukrainian combat-focused Telegram channel. The video provides a detailed demonstration of...

Over the past six months, a newly documented improvised Ukrainian loitering munition has been increasingly observed in use. Unlike conventional loitering munitions designed for striking strategic targets used by both Russia and Ukraine—such as the Geran-2 (Shahed-136) or the Lyuti—this...