TGA0805 – Attempted Revival of VBIED Attacks in the West Bank
September 30, 2024During the past month, two unusual VBIED incidents occurred in the West Bank, in Israel. One was a synchronized VBIED attack on August 30, 2024, targeting Gush Etzion and Carmei Tzur, whose full realization was prevented. The other was a...
TGA0804 – Improvised Mines Attached to FPV Drones Used to Lay Mines on Roads by Russian Forces
September 30, 2024In late August 2024, a Ukrainian Telegram channel published documentation of improvised mines attached to FPV racing drones, claiming the drones are used to lay the improvised mines by Russian forces. The improvised mines attached to FPV drones were fitted...
Mobius report 71/2024 – The Development of Weapons in the Manipur Ethnic Conflict, India
September 30, 2024In the passing month, there has been a step-up in the progression and use of more advanced weapons in the conflict between the Meiteis and the Kukis in India’s Manipur region. Two armed UAV attacks targeting Meitei residential areas were...
Mobius report 70/2024 – Military Officers and Public Figures Targeted for Assassination, Russia
September 30, 2024Since the inception of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, there have been increased reports of assassinations and attempted assassinations of Russian political and military officials. These operations remain mostly unclaimed and are a part of the covert war...
Mobius report 68/2024 – Improvised Incendiary Bomblets for Armed UAVs, Ukraine and Russia
September 30, 2024With the onset of summer and hot weather, both the Russian and the Ukrainian armies increased their use of improvised incendiary devices, primarily delivered from armed UAVs. The improvised incendiary bomblets used are mainly plastic bottles filled with different types...
Mobius report 69/2024 – Ghaem-5 Bombs Carried by Fixed-Wing UAVs, Sudan
September 30, 2024Since the beginning of 2024, several appearances of Iranian Ghaem-5 glide bombs have been documented in Sudan. These join numerous incidents in which the Mohajer-6 UAV, which is also produced by and sourced from Iran, was documented amid the ongoing...
TGA0803 – Large-Scale Drone Swarm Attack Thwarted, Al-Fashir, Sudan
September 29, 2024On September 8, 2024, Sudanese Armed Forces soldiers and their allies were targeted with an attack by a large swarm of small drones deployed as improvised loitering munitions in Al-Fashir, capital of North Darfur, Sudan. A large number of reconnaissance...
Mobius report 67/2024 – Ukrainian Fixed-Wing Loitering Munition Attacks
September 23, 2024On the night of September 10, 2024, nine Russian regions were subjected to a large-scale attack by Ukrainian loitering munitions. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported 144 UAVs were intercepted – some of which crashed into apartment buildings in Ramenskoye,...
Mobius report 66/2024 – Lebanese Hezbollah IRAMs
September 23, 2024In mid-August 2024, Lebanese Hezbollah documented their firing of a number of improvised rocket-assisted munitions with 122 mm rockets at towns and villages in the north of Israel. In the past, mainly attacks with “Burkan” short-range IRAMs with 330 mm...
