Mobius report 30/2025 – Instructional Videos on Arming Munition Fuzes for Deployment via Weaponized UAVs
April 30, 2025Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War, both Ukrainian and later, Russian forces, have employed standard munitions equipped with standard fuzes as weaponized UAV ammunition. The two most common types of munitions used for these purposes are the warheads of...
Mobius report 29/2025 – PPTM Initiation System, Ukraine
April 29, 2025In recent months, the “PPTM” initiation system designed for use with Ukrainian copies of PTM-3 shaped charge anti-tank mines, has been frequently documented by Russian forces. The mechanism system is specifically tailored for integration with the rectangular casing of the...
TGA0831 First Appearance of IRAMS Used by Al-Shabaab in Somalia
April 28, 2025On April 7, 2025, Al-Shabaab targeted a Somali government base in Arbacow, located approximately 18 km from central Mogadishu. Documentation on Somali-affiliated social media shows evidence of improvised rocket ordnance, believed to be IRAMs. This incident represents the first known...
TGA0832 – The Russian Alyosha FPV Drone
April 28, 2025During March 2025, documentation surfaced of a new Russian FPV drone, known as Alyosha, developed under the Russian Army’s “Alaska” drone project. This FPV drone is 3D-printed and custom-designed to be modular on the battlefield, providing drone operators with greater...
Mobius report 28/2025 – FPV Drone Initiation System with Servo Motor RC Arming, Ukraine
April 28, 2025Since the autumn of 2024, Ukrainian forces have increasingly deployed Shrike FPV drone-based loitering munitions, equipped with IV 001 multifunctional initiation systems. The IV 001 system includes features such as time-delay, self-destruct mechanism, remote-controlled explosive payload initiation, an accelerometer-based impact...
Mobius report 27/2025 – Modified Submunitions Used as Ammunition for Armed UAVs
April 28, 2025Since mid-2024, documentation has emerged from the Ukrainian battlefield showing the modification of submunitions into ammunition for use with armed UAVs, with improvised fuzes and initiation mechanisms. These submunitions, originally designed for air delivery, are particularly suitable for use with...
Mobius report 25/2025 – Booby-Trapped Parcel IEDs, Russia
April 24, 2025On March 13, 2025, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation reported that booby-trapped IEDs camouflaged in perfume boxes, intended for delivery to Russian military officials, had been intercepted at Chelyabinsk Airport, in southern Russia, near the border with...
Mobius report 26/2025 – Exploitation of Youth in IED Attacks in Ukraine
April 24, 2025On March 11, 2025, an IED initiated near the railroad station in central Ivano-Frankivsk, in western Ukraine, killing a 17-year-old and seriously injuring a 15-year-old. In recent months, Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly documented a new TTP employed by Russian intelligence:...
TGA0830 – Ukrainian Interceptor Drones Armed with Shotgun Ammunition
April 10, 2025Over the past two months, multiple reports documenting Ukrainian-operated drones armed with tubes with electrically-initiated shotgun ammunition and recoilless firing systems being used to intercept other drones on the battlefield have emerged. So far, these interceptor drones appear to be...
