TGA0785 – Houthi UAV Armed with Standardized, Dedicated Mortar Round Downed in Yemen
May 8, 2024In early 2024, the Yemeni National Army reported the downing of an armed rotary-wing UAV, identified as the Rujoum model, used by Houthi forces in Al-Jawf Governorate, in northwestern Yemen. The UAV was documented alongside an unexploded round that presumably...
Mobius 32/2024 – Electronic Safe Arming and Self-Destruct Systems for Armed UAVs, Ukraine
May 8, 2024In the course of the Russia-Ukraine war, we have witnessed the widespread use of weaponized UAVs – both armed drones and small drone-based improvised loitering munitions. During this time, we have observed the accelerated development of initiation systems by the...
Mobius 31/2024 – Attacks Planned by Belarus Nationals Against Public Targets and Railways in Russia
May 8, 2024During March 2024, Russian security forces attempted to arrest a citizen of Belarus, who was en route to carry out an IED attack. During the arrest, the IED the suspect was holding in his hands initiated, killing him on the spot,...
Mobius 30/2024 – Booby-Trapped Loitering Munitions, Ukraine
May 8, 2024On March 18, 2024, a booby-trapped Ukrainian loitering munition downed by Russian forces was documented. The warhead comprised a standard KZ-6 charge connected to an improvised base-detonating mechanical fuse and an electric detonator with a Djonik magnetic sensor system. In counter-unmanned...
Mobius 29/2024 – Modifying UDZ Grenade Fuzes for Use in Improvised Loitering Munitions, Ukraine
May 8, 2024In April 2024, a Russian manual was published online with instructions on how to modify a UDZ mechanism – originally an all-ways fuze for grenades – into an instant impact-detonating mechanism for payloads of FPV racing drone-based improvised loitering munitions. The...
Mobius 28/2024 – Iranian Weapons Seized in Israel
May 2, 2024On March 25, 2024, it was announced that the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Security Agency had seized a large quantity of weapons smuggled from Iran to the West Bank. The seized items included various explosives, unique IEDs, mines,...
Mobius 27/2024 – Thwarted Smuggling of IED Components into Russia
May 1, 2024On April 2, 2024, the Russian Federal Security Service announced the dismantling of a smuggling network involved in trafficking explosives and initiation systems concealed inside Russian Orthodox Church icons and church accessories from Ukraine into Russia via European Union countries....
Mobius 26/2024 – Improvised Mechanical Grenades Produced in the Philippines
April 30, 2024During February, March and April 2024, Philippine security forces raided camps of groups allied with the New People’s Army, in Abra Province, in the north of the country.During the raids, various equipment was seized, including weapons, small arms ammunition, IEDs,...
TGA0784 – Iranian Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
April 24, 2024Since early 2024, cumulative evidence of the use of unmanned underwater vehicles in the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea has emerged. On January 28, 2024, various weapons were seized by US forces aboard a dhow in the Arabian Sea,...
