TGA0783 – FGM-148 Javelin Battery Modified for Use as Rechargeable Battery, Ukraine
April 24, 2024Due to a shortage of non-rechargeable batteries for the FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank system, in early 2024, a Ukrainian combatant published a detailed tutorial showing how to modify the Javelin’s non-rechargeable batteries into chargeable batteries. The modification requires the addition...
TGA0782 – Fiber-Optic Cable-Guided FPV Drone-Based Loitering Munitions, Ukraine
April 24, 2024Recently, Russian forces were observed using an FPV racing drone-based improvised loitering munition fitted with a PG round and guided via a fiber-optic cable, rather than the usual UAV wireless datalink transmission. Fiber-optic cables have been weaponized for years, used...
Mobius 25/2024 – Thwarted Attacks by Russian Agents, Ukraine
April 24, 2024On March 5, 2024, security forces in Ukraine arrested a Russian agent residing in the country. The agent was employed by the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and was planning an...
Mobius 24/2024 – Weaponized UAVs Used by Hezbollah, Israel-Lebanon
April 14, 2024At the outbreak of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, Lebanese Hezbollah joined the fight against Israel. The organization takes an active part in the fighting on a daily basis by launching rockets, firing anti-tank guided missiles...
Hydra report March 2024
April 11, 2024This month’s In Focus analyzes the major terrorist attack involving massive shooting and IIDs that shook a Moscow suburb city. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack with no affiliation to any province. However, it was suggested by different sources...
Mobius 23/2024 – Accelerometer and Gyroscope-Based Systems for Weaponized UAVs, Ukraine
April 10, 2024Since late 2023, there has been a lively discussion on several Ukrainian and Russian Telegram channels regarding the potential use of initiation systems for weaponized UAVs, most of which operate on the principle of a gyroscope, that may cause the...
Mobius 22/2024 – Standard Mines Made in Myanmar
April 7, 2024In recent months, large quantities of standard weapons were seized from Myanmar Army forces during the operations of militant groups, mainly the Arakan Army. The documentation of the large amount of weaponry included standard anti-personnel and anti-tank mines that are...
Mobius 21/2024 – IED Attack at the Rameshwaram Café, Bengaluru, India
April 2, 2024On March 1, 2024, an IED initiated at the Rameshwaram Café in Bengaluru, southern India. Ten people were injured, including customers and restaurant employees. Remains of a fabric strap of a black backpack, an initiation system and bolts and nuts...
TGA0781 – Poisonous Substances Used by Ukrainian Agents Against High Value Russian Targets
April 1, 2024In late February 2024, the Russian Federal Security Service announced the capture of a cell of Ukrainian agents that was reportedly planning to assassinate pro-Russia officials in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in southern Ukraine.According to reports, IED components, as well as poisonous...
