Mobius report 46/2025 – Operation Spider’s Web – Coordinated FPV Drone Attacks Against Russian Airbases
June 30, 2025On June 1, 2025, multiple Russian airbases were subjected to coordinated FPV drone-based improvised loitering munition attacks, dubbed Operation Pavutina (“Spider’s Web / Cobweb”) by the Security Service of Ukraine. The strike on Belaya Airbase, located approximately 4,000 km from...
TGA0841 – First Documented Attempt to Smuggle Drugs via Balloons from Syria to Jordan
June 30, 2025On May 24, 2025, Jordanian security forces successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle drugs from Syria into Jordan using balloons. The balloons were loaded with plastic containers holding a large quantity of narcotics and were equipped with a digital timer...
Mobius report 45/2025 – Weapons Seized During Operation Black Forest Targeting Naxalites in India
June 30, 2025From April 21 through mid-May 2025, Operation Black Forest was conducted against the Naxalite organization in the forested areas spanning the Indian states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana. As part of the operation, Indian security forces uncovered and seized a significant...
TGA0840 – China Modifies Artillery Shells into Guided Gliding Bombs
June 26, 2025On May 17, 2025, images of Chinese artillery shells dubbed “DLB-P” precision-guided munitions – modified guided gliding bombs – surfaced online. According to online publications, apart from the artillery shell-based gliding bombs, China is also currently producing locally-made guidance kits that...
TGA0839 – Zhdun: Stationary FPV Loitering Munition Ambush Tactic
June 26, 2025A new TTP emerging from the Ukraine conflict involves the covert deployment of improvised loitering FPV drones in a dormant state along anticipated enemy movement routes. Both Russian and Ukrainian forces have utilized drones that are covertly landed and remain...
TGA0838 – ELN VBIED Attacks Targeting Toll Plazas, Northern Colombia
June 26, 2025Since December 2024, Colombia has experienced three VBIED attacks targeting toll plazas in northern Colombia. All of the toll plazas were located either on or very close to border crossings with Venezuela, and caused significant destruction, multiple casualties, and operational...
Mobius report 44/2025 – Coordinated IED Attacks, Pattani, Thailand
June 25, 2025On June 8, 2025, two explosions occurred approximately six minutes apart at two locations near the Ton Toh Rung Night Market in Pattani. The first IED initiated at 8:05 PM, at the entrance to the night market. The second IED...
Mobius report 43/2025 – The Smuggling of Weapons from Syria to Lebanese Hezbollah
June 18, 2025During May-June 2025, extensive documentation emerged detailing the seizure of weapons shipments and the disruption of their smuggling from Syria to Hezbollah forces in Lebanon. These seizures, made both within Syrian territory and inside Lebanon, point to an intensifying trend...
Mobius report 42/2025 – Armored Vehicles of the Mexican Cartels – Progression
June 18, 2025Since their emergence in the late 2011s, armored vehicles, commonly dubbed monstruos (“monsters”), narco-tanks or simply technicals, have become an iconic feature of Mexican cartels. The designs of these improvised fighting vehicles vary widely across armed groups: some favor large,...
