Al-Khemia Report – Potassium Nitrate, Nitroglycerin and Charcoal Explosive Mixtures
January 27, 2022The report reviews recipes for the synthesis of straight dynamite consisting of potassium nitrate (KNO3), nitroglycerin (NG), carbon (charcoal) and a sodium carbonate stabilizer.Straight dynamite, or nongelatinous dynamite with an active base, constitutes an improvement over dynamite with an inactive...
Mobius report 96/2021 – IED Attack at a Russian School by a Former Student
January 27, 2022On December 13, 2021, an IED initiated at a Russian Orthodox school in the town of Serpukhov, in Moscow Oblast. A former student of the Vvedenskiy Vladychny Gymnasium and 10 other students were seriously injured in the blast. The IED...
TGA0672 IED Attacks by Criminals Targeting Courts
January 27, 2022During December 2021, there were two separate incidents involving attempted attacks on courts in India by criminals. The first case, on December 9, 2021, was a failed attempt to assassinate a lawyer, motivated by revenge, at Rohini Court in New...
Annual Hydra report 2021
January 26, 2022The year 2021 saw major growth in the significance of IS provinces in Africa to the group’s central command, manifested both by the attention given to the African provinces in IS propaganda and by developments on the ground. In terms of the latter,...
Islamic State Sinai Province Review, 2019-2021
January 3, 2022Egyptian military forces continue to crack down on Islamic State operatives in Sinai, exposing various weapons and IEDs used in attacks in this arena.Our monitoring of the technical details of the weapons used by the group in the Sinai Peninsula...
Armed Mavic UAV with Improvised Bomblets Used by the Houthis, Yemen
January 3, 2022In recent months, the Yemeni National Army and forces fighting alongside it have documented numerous incidents in which an armed UAV has been used in battlefields in various areas of the country by Houthi forces, particularly on the frontlines in...
TGA0671 Lamanho Instructional Manual for a Light-Based Laser Beam-Initiated Booby Trap
January 3, 2022In November 2021, the Lamanho Telegram channel posted instructions for making a light-based booby trap initiation system, based on a DIY video manual on laser signaling. The system includes the laser beam, which plays the role of a tripwire; the...
Mobius report 93/2021 – Commercial RC Initiation Systems, Myanmar
January 3, 2022On December 13, 2021, security forces in Myanmar raided a house that served as a hiding place for the underground armed group known as Generation Z Power, in the Mandalay Region of central Myanmar, claiming the group was involved in...
Mobius 92/2021 – Multiple IED Scenes, Myanmar
January 3, 2022Since October 2021, security forces in northwestern Myanmar have neutralized a large number of multiple IED scenes, planted mainly on roadsides and on roads by militants from various anti-regime groups, identified with the People’s Defense Force Coalition. The IED scenes,...
