Drones equipped with fiber-optic spools have become a recurring feature in Ukraine. Conventional electronic countermeasures, which typically detect and disrupt radio-frequency communications, are largely ineffective against this capability. As a result, both Ukrainian and Russian forces have continued to develop...
On June 22, 2025, an attack occurred at the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Elias in the Dweil’a neighborhood of southern Damascus. According to reports, at least 25 people were killed and 60 others were wounded. The Syrian Ministry of...
On August 25, 2025, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation claimed it had thwarted a terrorist attack in Crimea (annexed by Russia in 2014), allegedly planned by the Security Service of Ukraine and targeting FSB personnel. A 54-year-old...
On August 3, 2025, Venezuelan security forces foiled a terrorist plot involving an RCIED targeting the Plaza de la Victoria de la Gran Guerra Patria monument in a public square in Caracas, capital of Venezuela. The IED contained six seismic...
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, non-standard and irregular UAV warfare has rapidly developed and expanded in scope, perhaps more than any other method of warfare in this theater of operations. The mass use of both FPV racing...
On August 31, 2025, Pakistani security forces foiled a major terrorist plot near Tiarza Gate Garrison, along the Wana-Upper Waziristan road in South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A vehicle carrying gas cylinders and seven barrels of improvised explosives, weighing approximately...
Since June 2025, at least two cases have been documented in which Geran-2 loitering munitions were discovered intact, each equipped with a dual payload configuration. These rare field findings suggest ongoing Russian experimentation with modified warhead assemblies. The dual configuration...
On July 31, 2025, Russian forces neutralized an electronic circuit board initiation system for FPV racing drone-based improvised loitering munitions. Externally, the device is identical to an initiation system previously showcased on multiple Ukrainian social media channels and is part...