Category: TGAlerts

On May 24, 2025, Jordanian security forces successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle drugs from Syria into Jordan using balloons. The balloons were loaded with plastic containers holding a large quantity of narcotics and were equipped with a digital timer...

On May 17, 2025, images of Chinese artillery shells dubbed “DLB-P” precision-guided munitions – modified guided gliding bombs – surfaced online. According to online publications, apart from the artillery shell-based gliding bombs, China is also currently producing locally-made guidance kits that...

A new TTP emerging from the Ukraine conflict involves the covert deployment of improvised loitering FPV drones in a dormant state along anticipated enemy movement routes. Both Russian and Ukrainian forces have utilized drones that are covertly landed and remain...

Since December 2024, Colombia has experienced three VBIED attacks targeting toll plazas in northern Colombia. All of the toll plazas were located either on or very close to border crossings with Venezuela, and caused significant destruction, multiple casualties, and operational...

In early May 2025, a Ukrainian combat-focused Telegram channel posted an image showing a disassembled improvised 3D-printed fuze that had been attached to a PG-based improvised bomblet. The fuze was produced by a Russian 3D-printing community and resembles an All-Ways-Acting-Fuze....

In May 2025, extensive online documentation emerged showing the use of YIHA-III loitering munitions by Pakistan against India as part of Operation Sindoor. The deployment has drawn significant online criticism due to the poor performance of these systems – many...

Between January 2025 and May 2025, multiple reports emerged online describing “military parachute” attacks in central-western Myanmar. These vehicles were, in fact, powered parachutes armed with modified mortar bombs, reportedly operated by the Armed Forces of Myanmar or their allied...

On May 5, 2025, a 10-kilogram RCIED concealed in a motorcycle was successfully neutralized in Khuzdar, Balochistan. While the intended target and the group responsible for planting the IED remain unidentified at this time, the IED initiation system was particularly...

Since late 2024, Rapid Support Forces militants have been targeting Sudanese Armed Forces troops with standardized improvised loitering munitions. These UAVs carry anti-tank payloads triggered by three limit switches mounted at different angles on the drone’s front, increasing the chances...

On April 7, 2025, Al-Shabaab targeted a Somali government base in Arbacow, located approximately 18 km from central Mogadishu.Documentation on Somali-affiliated social media shows evidence of improvised rocket ordnance, believed to be IRAMs. This incident represents the first known use...

During March 2025, documentation surfaced of a new Russian FPV drone, known as Alyosha, developed under the Russian Army’s “Alaska” drone project. This FPV drone is 3D-printed and custom-designed to be modular on the battlefield, providing drone operators with greater...

Over the past two months, multiple reports documenting Ukrainian-operated drones armed with tubes with electrically-initiated shotgun ammunition and recoilless firing systems being used to intercept other drones on the battlefield have emerged. So far, these interceptor drones appear to be...

In early February 2025, a new Russian improvised initiation system was revealed in a video shared on a Russian combat-focused Telegram channel. The system includes a PIR sensor and a 24-hour self-destruct feature. While the concept appears simple yet effective,...

On February 17, 2025, Russian soldiers documented a device apparently designed to lure enemy infantry with sound into a previously placed minefield. Alternatively, the device was intended to be used as a booby trap, and explode when touched or handled....

On March 5, 2025, security forces neutralized an IED array laid on the side of the road on the outskirts of Popayán, in Cauca Department. A motorcycle stolen the night before had been left on the opposite side of the...