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,...
Thwarted Attack Using IEDs Concealed inside Coconuts, Manipur, India
December 21, 2021On November 25, 2021, a PREPAK operative was arrested at a roadblock on NH-39 Road in Manipur, India. During his interrogation, he disclosed he had hidden IED components in Thumbi Ching, Nongpok Sanjenbam, in Imphal East District. The weapons were...
Hydra Report – November 2021
December 14, 2021November’s In Focus delves into the recent sectarian violence in Bangladesh, incited by an incident in which a Quran was placed on the lap of an idol in a Hindu temple in the country’s Cumilla District, on October 13, 2021....
Unique Anti-Personnel IEDs in the Philippines
December 2, 2021On October 26, 2021, Philippines Army forces uncovered an IED workshop in Barangay Dolos, Bulan, Sorsogon. In the workshop, components for IEDs of various sizes and configurations were recovered. In the past year, anti-personnel IEDs resembling large Claymore-type mines, produced...
Myanmar – Fragmentation IEDs
December 2, 2021In recent months, we have tracked a number of incidents involving the use of IEDs prepared by forces opposing military rule in Myanmar. Prominent among these was the emergence of high-quality omnidirectional fragmentation IEDs in two incidents documented in May...
