Category: TGAlerts

In December 2024, images of modified ammunition designed for use against UAVs was published on a Russian military-focused Telegram channel, accompanied by a simple guide for their manufacturing. Following the principle of a hunting cartridge, these rounds replace the bullet...

During December 2024, documentation started to surface of Syrian militants and / or civilians seizing and disposing of Captagon pills across Syria, and around Damascus in particular. The drug is often found concealed inside everyday products, such as electrical devices...

On October 28, 2024, Russian forces published documentation of an alleged Ukrainian weapons cache they seized in Ukraine. The cache included what appears to be commercially available electronic fish bite alarms with a line tension sensor used by fishermen to...

In recent weeks, the number of published FPV racing drone-based improvised loitering munition attacks against enemy personnel and vehicles equipped with ECM systems has risen significantly. This may be explained by the use of new FPV drone technology, such as...

In recent months, documentation from the Pakistani arena indicates the manufacturing and use of improvised bomblets by Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan. In addition, there is documentation of TTP militants successfully downing several Pakistan Army armed UAVs carrying standard bomblets manufactured for...

In April 2024, a Telegram channel affiliated with a Russian company specializing in information protection published a video showcasing an unmanned ground vehicle equipped with an anti-drone system. Additionally, the post included an image showing the UGV placed in the...

Around October 2024, the Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, in partnership with “Brave1” and the Ministry of Digital Transformation, hosted a demonstration day to showcase new Ukrainian precision-guided homing bomblets deployed from drones. The presented bomblets reportedly feature a...

In October 2024, Russian forces recovered a crashed Ukrainian balloon with an improvised payload. Unlike in previous balloon-borne IED attack attempts, the payload of the balloon on this occasion was much larger and was based on a guided munition –...

In late October 2024, a video  was posted on Telegram showcasing the interception of a Russian Gerbera UAV filmed by an attacking Ukrainian FPV racing drone. The Gerbera UAV is being increasingly used by Russian forces, mostly as a decoy...

During September 2024, several Ukrainian and Russian videos were posted online revealing rotary-wing UAVs nicknamed “Dragon Drones,” equipped with an improvised incendiary device that disperses thermite substances to burn forests and uncover enemy movements or positions. The first to employ...

In late July 2024, a Wagner Group-Malian Armed Forces convoy was ambushed near Tinzaouatene, Mali, by both Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin and the Azawad Cadre Stratégique Permanent. In the ensuing battle, Wagner suffered its largest loss in Africa to date...

During the past month, two unusual VBIED incidents occurred in the West Bank, in Israel. One was a synchronized VBIED attack on August 30, 2024, targeting Gush Etzion and Carmei Tzur, whose full realization was prevented. The other was a...

In late August 2024, a Ukrainian Telegram channel published documentation of improvised mines attached to FPV racing drones, claiming the drones are used to lay the improvised mines by Russian forces. The improvised mines attached to FPV drones were fitted...

Between August 25 and 26, 2024, the Baloch Liberation Army conducted “Operation Herof,” which consisted of 44 different attacks carried out in the span of 20 hours. This carefully coordinated operation incorporated several tactics, employed simultaneously, which enabled the BLA...

In late June 2024, Russian combat-related Telegram channels began circulating images of a new type of Ukrainian IED seized by Russian forces near roads and railroads in different locations. The IEDs were described as improvised shaped charges comprising cast explosives...