TGA0861 – Fiber-Optic-Guided Drones in Myanmar
December 1, 2025Since early 2025, media outlets aligned with both the junta regime and anti-junta militias have published imagery documenting the use of fiber-optic-guided FPV drones and improvised loitering munitions in combat. These outlets have primarily shown seized or intercepted systems, including...
TGA0860 – Mass-Casualty–Oriented Dual VBIED Attack at Mall del Sol, Guayaquil, Ecuador
November 25, 2025October 14, 2025, at approximately 6:35 PM, a VBIED initiated in the parking area outside the 100 Business Plaza building, part of the Mall del Sol commercial complex on Joaquín Orrantia González Avenue in Guayaquil, Guayas Province, Ecuador. The explosion...
Mobius report 83/2025 – “Angry Doctor” and “Happy Doctor” Initiation Systems for Weaponized UAV Payloads, Ukraine
November 25, 2025In recent months, Russian forces have increasingly showcased documentation of their neutralization of weaponized UAVs carrying explosive payloads fitted with a new family of improvised initiation systems. These systems – referred to as “Angry Doctor” and “Happy Doctor” – appear...
Mobius report 82/2025 – RC-Initiated Disposable Light AT Rocket Launchers
November 25, 2025During the fighting in Ukraine, both Ukrainian and Russian soldiers experimented with the idea of remotely initiating disposable, tube-launched anti-tank rockets using various RC systems, employing them as an off-road ambush TTP against vehicles. The principle behind converting the rockets...
Mobius report 81/2025 – FP-1 Loitering Munition Employed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
November 24, 2025Over the past year, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have significantly increased their use of the FP-1 loitering munition against long-range targets inside Russian territory. The Czech-produced FP-1 is equipped with an OFB-60-YaU fragmentation warhead and has been documented striking Russian...
TGA0859 – First Appearances of Fiber-Optic-Guided Drones in Africa
November 24, 2025Between July and October 2025, documentation of fiber-optic-guided drones used by militants in Mali, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan was posted online. These first appearances of fiber-optic-guided drones in Africa are likely influenced by the introduction of electronic...
Hydra report – October 2025
November 20, 2025This month’s report reviews key developments within the Islamic State’s African network, with a primary focus on the Islamic State – Central Africa Province (ISCAP) following the release of its 18-minute documentary Jihad and Da’wah. The video combines historical framing,...
TGA0858 Emerging IRAM Trend in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
November 10, 2025Amid a surge in terrorist attacks by militant jihadi groups in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the primary terrorist actors – Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group – have begun demonstrating a growing tendency to utilize Improvised Rocket-Assisted Munitions....
Mobius report 80/2025 – USVs Equipped with Various Munitions, Including Fiber-Optic-Guided Drones, Ukraine
November 3, 2025In late September 2025, documentation surfaced showing a seized Ukrainian unmanned surface vessel equipped with a fiber-optic-guided FPV racing drone–based loitering munition. The platform was likely part of the September 24, 2025 large-scale coordinated strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces...
