Mobius report 10/2023 – Fixed-Wing Armed UAS with Custom-Made HE Ammunition, Ukraine
March 2, 2023Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, fixed-wing armed UAVs fitted with custom-made HE payloads produced by private companies have been employed by both sides in the conflict. Albeit less accurate than rotary-wing armed UAS, other attack functions make these...
Mobius report 9/2023 – Qasef UAS Deployed as Loitering Munitions Attack Al-Tanf Garrison, Syria
March 2, 2023On January 21, 2023, an Iran-backed Shiite militia operating in Iraq claimed responsibility for an attack in which three UAS deployed as loitering munitions attacked the Al-Tanf Garrison – a US base with a contingent of Syrian opposition forces –...
Terrogence Hydra report – January 2023
February 19, 2023During January 2023, leaders of far-right parties in Denmark and the Netherlands burned and tore up copies of the Quran, triggering a large-scale wave of responses, including statements of condemnation and numerous protests around the world. Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State were quick to condemn these acts, but...
TGA0725 – Fixed Wing Improvised Loitering Munitions, Yangon, Myanmar
February 4, 2023On the morning of January 16, 2023, an attack involving at least six UAVs carrying explosive warheads targeted two main locations in southern Myanmar’s populous region of Yangon. The platforms were all identical fixed-wing improvised loitering munitions loaded with small...
TGA0724 – CJNG Improvised Armored Vehicles, Mexico
February 4, 2023The Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, a violent Mexican criminal group involved in narco-trafficking, has an impressive arsenal of weapons at its disposal. These include high caliber rifles, grenade launchers, rockets launchers, armed UAVs and armored trucks, according to information hacked...
TGA0723 – Weaponized UAV Recovered in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
February 4, 2023In mid-December 2022, a UAV with explosives attached to it was found by a Filipino worker on a stone wall in the middle of the street in the city of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, in Israel. After he informed the police, the...
TGA0722 – Hafiz Gul Bahdur Station Wagon SVBIED Attack on an Army Outpost, Mir Ali, Pakistan
February 4, 2023On December 28, 2022, a Pakistani military outpost between Epi and Kajuri, in Mir Ali, in North Waziristan, was targeted in an SVBIED attack. On January 4, 2023, Hafiz Gul Bahdur (sometimes written Hafez Gul Bahadur) claimed responsibility for the...
Mobius report 8/2023 – Innovative Claymore-type Mine Production, Myanmar
February 4, 2023During December 2022, and January 2023, an armed militia operating in Magway Region, in western Myanmar, published documentation of dozens of Claymore-type mines manufactured by the group’s operatives, in addition to other improvised weapons, such as mortars and mortar rounds,...
Mobius report 7/2023 – IED Attacks Targeting Water and Electricity Infrastructure, Thailand
February 4, 2023On January 22, 2023, at 1:25 AM, a work accident occurred when a militant was attempting to plant an IED at a pumping station at the Suan Si Muang Dam in Yala Province, in southern Thailand. The militant was injured...
