TGA0769 – Iran Expands Its Arsenal of Tube-Launched Loitering Munitions
January 18, 2024During November and December 2023, in a series of military ceremonies and exhibitions, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army unveiled new models of tube-launched loitering munitions, dubbed Shahin-1 and Sanjar. Exhibited on the helipads of Iran Navy warships, these similar...
Mobius 94/2023 – Weaponized UAS and Payloads Used in the Iron Swords/Al-Aqsa Flood War
January 18, 2024During the surprise Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, as well as in the days that followed, different kinds of UAS were employed by terrorist groups from Gaza – some fixed-wing improvised loitering munitions, and others multirotor...
Mobius report 93/2023 – Magnetic Field Sensor Booby Trap Mechanism with Self-Destruct Feature, Ukraine
January 18, 2024During December 2023, extensive documentation of PTM-3 mines targeting Russian forces, ostensibly laid using UAVs, started to appear in the Ukrainian arena. The mines were modified for initiation using an electronic mechanism, which has a magnetic field sensor that initiates...
Mobius report 92/2023 – New HE Fragmentation Payload & Electromechanical Firing System for UAVs, Ukraine
January 18, 2024On November 28, 2023, a Ukrainian foundation that supports the Armed Forces of Ukraine published images of a new payload for use with weaponized FPV racing drones. A few days later, on November 30, 2023, a video showing one of...
Mobius 91/2023 – 107 mm Rockets Produced in Myanmar
January 18, 2024During 2022, and even more so in 2023, militias across Myanmar continued to use, and even increased their use of standard 107 mm rockets to attack concentrations of military and security forces in the country’s different battle zones. The rockets...
TGA0768 – 3D-Printed Initiation Component for UZRG-M Fuze Used with Armed UAV Ammunition, Ukraine
January 18, 2024Since the early stages of the war in Ukraine, the use of an X-shaped plastic initiation component has been evidenced fitted to UZRG-M grenade fuzes attached to payloads released from COTS armed quadcopters over Russian positions. This component serves as...
TGA0767 – PG Rounds with Improvised Fragmentation Payloads, Donetsk, Ukraine
January 18, 2024In the course of the war in Ukraine, soldiers from both sides of the conflict have been documented adding improvised fragmentation to PG rounds, in the belief this will increase the lethality of the weapon against infantry targets. As the...
Mobius report 90/2023 – Progression of Improvised Payloads for Armed UAVs, Mexico, 2023
January 18, 2024On December 2, 2023, residents of the village of El Parotal, in Guererro State, reported they had downed two UAVs used in armed UAV attacks by the La Familia Michoacana cartel against their village and other communities in the mountainous...
Mobius report 89/2023 – User-Filled Warheads for FPV Drone-Based Loitering Munitions, Ukraine
December 20, 2023On October 19, 2023, documentation of the Ukrainian production of improvised warheads for FPV-type improvised loitering munitions started to appear. The warheads are manufactured and delivered without explosives, to be filled by the end users in the battle zone. After...
