Between August and October 2025, a new type of shaped-charge IED, designed for release from a UAV, was documented in the Ukrainian theater. Images of the device were primarily shared on Russian combat-focused Telegram channels, where it was identified as...
On September 18, 2025, Ukrainian forces recovered an intact, turbojet-powered Geran loitering munition near Chernihiv, in northern Ukraine. Inspection identified it as a Geran-3 fitted with a standard OFZBCh-50 (50 kg) fragmentation-incendiary warhead. The Geran-3 continues the Geran family lineage...
Ongoing publication of Russian military UAV catalogs and manuals enables sustained analysis of Russian drone warfare – platforms, specifications, manufacturers, and trends. The field manual analyzed in this report details UAVs used by Russian forces in Ukraine, including rotary-wing FPV...
On October 3, 2025, a video was posted on a Mexican Telegram channel showing the first documentation of a fiber-optic-guided FPV drone, reportedly filmed in a remote area of Sinaloa. Previously, on September 25, 2025, the Mexican Ministry of Security...
During the first half of 2025, Russian military sources documented multiple incidents in which, according to reports, Ukrainian forces employed incendiary charges attached to UAS to ignite Russian targets. In some incidents, the IIDs were improvised from bottles containing a...
During the past month, a rocket-production cell in the Ramallah area was exposed following a test launch from the village of Ni’ama toward Israel. The exposure prompted raids in Surda and Beitunia, where rockets at various stages of production and...
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, new hand grenades produced by Russian and Ukrainian defense industries have been deployed on the battlefield. These grenades serve diverse functions – thermobaric, unique fragmentation designs, tear gas, and incendiary – commonly...
In April 2025, a Russian Telegram channel affiliated with a group that produces anti-drone shelters published a field manual for an anti-drone curtain: a low-cost, rope-based barrier designed to entangle approaching rotary-wing loitering munitions before they reach their target. The...