On October 27 and 28, 2024, the Houthis published documentation of a military drill, which, according to the group’s aligned media, consisted of a series of tactical attack waves against simulation targets in different geographic-topographic environments. The drill was divided...
This month’s In Focus analyzes the elimination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Rafah in mid-October 2024, and the reactions to it from different militant groups in the Islamic world. While most were positive, exalting Sinwar’s biography and his key...
On October 9, 2024, the Russian Piranha Group – an initiative dedicated to the production of FPV racing drone platforms for the Russian Army – published an image showing an FPV racing drone-based improvised loitering munition to which a payload...
In late September and early October 2024, two IED incidents took place along road number 42, in Pattani Province, in southern Thailand. The first event occurred on September 27, 2024, when an IED concealed in a metal cabinet planted on...
On October 1, 2024, the Israel Defense Forces launched a ground operation in Lebanon with the aim of driving Hezbollah away from its northern border. The staggering quantity of weapons seized in the course of the (ongoing) IDF military operation...
In October 2024, Russian forces recovered a crashed Ukrainian balloon with an improvised payload. Unlike in previous balloon-borne IED attack attempts, the payload of the balloon on this occasion was much larger and was based on a guided munition –...
On October 5, 2024, the Jaysh Muhajireen wal-Ansar militia, a jihadist Salafi organization composed of Russian-speaking immigrant fighters, active in the ranks of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, released a video showing attacks against Syrian Arab Army forces in various areas in...
On September 16, 2024, a Ukrainian military-oriented Telegram channel documented and posted information about the Russian MAG-3 booby trap switch, seized by Ukrainian forces. The initiation device features an integrated magnetic target sensor, a self-destruct mechanism, and an arming mechanism...
In late October 2024, a video was posted on Telegram showcasing the interception of a Russian Gerbera UAV filmed by an attacking Ukrainian FPV racing drone. The Gerbera UAV is being increasingly used by Russian forces, mostly as a decoy...