Mobius 48/2024 – Iranian Missile and Loitering Munition Attack on Israel
July 1, 2024During the night between April 13 and 14, 2024, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched a large-scale attack against the State of Israel, in which ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and loitering munitions were employed. The attack, dubbed Operation True Promise...
Mobius 47/2024 – TM-62 AT Mines Used as Improvised Bomblets, Ukraine
July 1, 2024Modifying standard munitions for use with armed UAVs is a popular TTP employed by both the Russians and Ukrainians since shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The availability of large amounts of Soviet ordnance enables both sides to find...
TGA0793 – Standardized Ukrainian Initiation System Seized by Russian Forces
July 1, 2024In June 2024, a Russian military-related Telegram channel posted documentation of an improvised Ukrainian bomblet seized by Russian forces close to Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine. The bomblet was fitted with an improvised initiation system – one of many produced by...
Mobius 46/2024 – Unmanned Aircraft Carriers Extend Range of FPV Drone-Based Loitering Munitions
June 30, 2024In May 2024, Ukrainian sources published a video purportedly intercepted from the camera of a Russian FPV racing drone showing the FPV drone deployed as an improvised loitering munition separating from its “carrier.” A few days later, a Russian source...
TGA0792 – Magnetic Release Mechanism for Armed UAVs, Ukraine
June 30, 2024In June 2024, a Ukrainian TikTok channel showcased an unusual release mechanism for armed UAVs that holds and releases explosive payloads using magnets. This method is an alternative to the common light sensor and servo motor method used with commercial...
TGA0791 – First Documentation of Sayyad-2C SAM in Use by Hezbollah, Lebanon
June 30, 2024Following Israeli airstrikes on a number of targets related to Hezbollah’s air defense system in the vicinity of the villages of Najariya and Adousiya, south of Sidon, on May 17, 2024, footage circulating on social media from the scenes of...
TGA0790 – Hamas Incorporates Cameras in Operations Against the IDF in the Gaza Strip
June 30, 2024During the ongoing Al-Aqsa Flood/Iron Swords War in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian terrorist organizations in Gaza, especially Hamas, have been using cameras to monitor scenes, and as a means of remote control, mainly for timing the initiation of IEDs against...
Mobius 45/2024 – Automatic System for Loading and Firing Mortars, Colombia
June 30, 2024On May 31, 2024, an attempt to launch mortars at a military base in a rural area of Villavicencio municipality, in Meta Department, Colombia, was foiled. A truck was found some 300 meters from the base in which an improvised...
Mobius 44/2024 – Warmate Loitering Munitions with Ukrainian Warheads, Ukraine
June 30, 2024In June 2024, Russian sources on Telegram revealed detailed information regarding the thermobaric warheads used with the Polish Warmate loitering munition. This UAV is known to have several types of warheads, produced in Ukraine, and it has been continuously used...
