Category: Reports

In September and October 2022, increased documentation of improvised loitering munitions based on rotary wing FPV racing drones appeared online, some with better visual information of the improvised payloads used. One such UAV was a Russian quadcopter with a fragmentation...

On September 25, 2022, four loitering munitions were launched toward the city of Odesa, which lies on the shores of the Black Sea, in southwestern Ukraine. Three of them impacted an administrative building used by the Ukrainian Army’s Operational Command...

On September 1, 2022, the Ansar Allah Movement (Houthis) held a largescale military parade in open terrain near the city of Al-Hodeidah, situated in Al-Hodeidah Governorate, on Yemen’s western coast. The parade marked the training graduation ceremony of new batches...

Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Ukrainian security forces have documented numerous incidents of booby traps set up by retreating Russian forces, most of which were improvised, using simple munition items.Recently, special anti-handling...

On August 26, 2022, a discussion thread on how to sabotage railroad tracks and derail trains was opened on the Telegram channel of Lamanho – a closed group created by Chechen Muslims whose goal is to share their military knowledge...

During the second weekend of September 2022, southern Yemen’s Security Belt Forces raided Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula camps in several locations near Al-Musaina’ah Town, in Yemen’s Shabwah Governorate. The raiding forces seized various IEDs, as well as components of...

During July and August 2022, improvised bomblets for UAVs, incorporating shaped warheads designed specifically to penetrate armored vehicles, started to appear in Ukraine. The improvised warheads have copper liners and one of two geometric shapes – a concave configuration, which...

On September 6, 2022, an IED was discovered in a primary school by a schoolteacher in Narathiwat Province, in southern Thailand. The IED was neutralized by bomb disposal technicians. In the course of the investigation into the incident, it was...

On August 25, 2022, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation announced the capture of an alleged Azov Battalion follower – a recruited Russian citizen, who was preparing attacks in several locations in Kaliningrad, Russia. According to reports, the...