Mobius report 74/2025 – Leaked Russian FPV Drone Field Manual (2024)
October 20, 2025Ongoing 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...
TGA0853 – First Appearance of a Fiber-Optic-Guided FPV Drone in Mexico
October 6, 2025On 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...
Mobius report 73/2025 – Steel Hornets Termit IIDs Used by the Ukrainian Army
October 4, 2025During 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...
TGA0852 – Increasing Attempts to Develop Rocket Production and Launch Capabilities in the West Bank
October 4, 2025During 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...
Mobius report 72/2025 – Newly Observed Grenades on the Ukrainian Battlefield
October 3, 2025Since 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...
TGA0851 – Simplified Rope-Based Anti-UAV Tools Employed by Russian Forces
September 30, 2025In 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...
Mobius report 71/2025 – Payloads and Fiber-Optic Control System for the Russian Molnya Fixed-Wing Loitering Munition
September 30, 2025Russian forces are now routinely employing Molnya fixed-wing improvised loitering munitions in combat. Operational footage of these UAS striking Ukrainian targets is being published on Russian Telegram channels on a near-weekly basis, underscoring their widespread deployment. The standardized fixed-wing platform...
Mobius report 70/2025 – Al-Saqri “Remote-Controlled VBIEDs Manual”
September 29, 2025On September 11, 2025, the Islamic State-affiliated Al-Saqri Foundation for Military Sciences published an instructional manual titled “Remote-Controlled VBIEDs Manual.” The document details a system for converting a vehicle into a remotely-driven and remotely-initiated VBIED, enabling remote guidance of an...
