Between August 25 and 26, 2024, the Baloch Liberation Army conducted “Operation Herof,” which consisted of 44 different attacks carried out in the span of 20 hours. This carefully coordinated operation incorporated several tactics, employed simultaneously, which enabled the BLA...
This month’s In Focus analyzes Al-Qaeda leader Saif al-Adel, who continues to outline strategic directives through a series of recent publications disseminated by the group’s official Al-Sahab media agency. Al-Adel proposes various tactics aimed at confronting the group’s adversaries, particularly...
Against the background of increasing violent clashes between armed criminal groups in the Sonoran Desert, in northern Mexico, bordering the USA, on August 8, 2024, twelve improvised bomblets, .50 caliber rifles and ammunition were seized in General Plutarco Elías Calles...
In the course of the Iron Swords/Al-Aqsa Flood War that is being waged in the Gaza Strip, in December 2023, documentation of “Ababil” projectiles appeared in a large weapons seizure. After that, in May and August 2024, documentation appeared of...
During April 2024, documentation of the preparation and use of an improvised dispenser for dispersing PMN-4 anti-personnel mines from Russian drones was published on a Russian Telegram channel. The mine has an arming delay mechanism that allows it to be...
With the onset of summer and hot weather, the use of incendiary ammunition by both the Russian and Ukrainian armies has increased, primarily delivered via armed UAVs. Since standard ammunition of this type is not always readily available, improvised incendiary...
In late June 2024, Russian combat-related Telegram channels began circulating images of a new type of Ukrainian IED seized by Russian forces near roads and railroads in different locations. The IEDs were described as improvised shaped charges comprising cast explosives...
Since the fighting in Syria dropped from the headlines in recent years, there have been many weapons seizures across the country. Many of these weapons were attributed to Islamic State cells and this is also evident from the characteristics of...
In the past year, the use of FPV racing drone-based improvised loitering munitions has become a major weapon on the Syrian battlefield, similar to the use of this technology in Ukraine and other arenas around the world.On July 26, 2024,...