This month’s In Focus analyzes the three coordinated PBIED attacks in Nigeria targeting a wedding, a funeral and a hospital, which claimed the lives of at least 32 people, with at least 30 others injured. According to witnesses, at least one of the...
Throughout the months of fighting in the Gaza Strip since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, the Palestinian terrorist organizations operating in Gaza have documented their use of various Israel Defense Forces’ weapons and ammunition, some stolen from the forces...
Since the expansion of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian instructors suggested using the safety primer of an MDZ incendiary bullet for two types of modifications: the first modification suggested by instructors is utilizing it in improvised impact fuzes in...
Drone operators in combat zones encounter various challenges related to signal jamming or more advanced methods of GPS spoofing. In July 2023, a team of anonymous Russian hackers announced the development of PCBs designed to protect UAVs from the GPS...
During June and July 2024, operational documentation of the use of a net deployed from Russian UAVs to down Ukrainian UAVs was posted on Russian social networks.Experiments with UAV net deployment were recently documented by the Ukrainians, but we have...
On July 10, 2024, an IED was found and neutralized by an EOD unit next to a bus stop in Moo No. 1, in Ban Na Ket, in Khok Pho District, Pattani Province, in southern Thailand.The IED comprised a fire...
Starting early June 2024, increased documentation of improvised fixed-wing loitering munitions with standard payloads modified with improvised electric initiation systems used by Russian forces have appeared on Russian Telegram channels. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian...
On June 23, 2024, a Russian instructional video explaining how to assemble an IED resembling a YaRM shallow water mine for deployment from an armed UAV was posted on a Ukrainian military-related Telegram channel.The video reportedly features a Russian UAV...
On June 24, 2024, an Israel Defense Forces combat engineering vehicle was targeted by a Chinese “Red Arrow” ATGM of the HJ-8L variant, in the Tel-Za’arab neighborhood, in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip. The attack was documented with four cameras...