Category: Reports

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...