During July and August 2022, improvised bomblets for UAVs, incorporating shaped warheads designed specifically to penetrate armored vehicles, started to appear in Ukraine. The improvised warheads have copper liners and one of two geometric shapes – a concave configuration, which...
On September 6, 2022, an IED was discovered in a primary school by a schoolteacher in Narathiwat Province, in southern Thailand. The IED was neutralized by bomb disposal technicians. In the course of the investigation into the incident, it was...
On August 25, 2022, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation announced the capture of an alleged Azov Battalion follower – a recruited Russian citizen, who was preparing attacks in several locations in Kaliningrad, Russia. According to reports, the...
In recent months, a Telegram channel called “Devotion and Loyalty,” which is part of a Tajik network affiliated with the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP,) published intensified communiqués regarding money transfers aimed to raise funds for ISKP militants fighting...
In August 2022, a militant group aligned with the People’s Defense Force, based in Sagaing Region, in northwestern Myanmar, published footage showing a prototype self-produced, six-barrel launcher, mounted on the roof of a civilian vehicle, with firing controlled via six...
Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, documentation of experimentational RC machine guns have begun to appear online. In a video published in July 2022, the remote firing of an RC tracked robot mobile machine gun was documented. This is a...
Since June 2022, both the Ukrainian and Russian sides have released documentation of quadcopters used as rotary wing loitering munitions against enemy positions. The quadcopters are packed with explosives and have been documented exploding upon impact. The use of rotary...
On July 26, 2022, the preparation and launch of a loitering munition named the Murad-6 was documented by the Iraqi Saraya Ababeel group, who claimed they used it in an attack against Turkish bases in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. Close-up...
Between the night of August 16, 2022, and early on August 17, 2022, a series of approximately 17 timed IED and IID attacks took place throughout southern Thailand. The attacks targeted 11 different districts in three provinces – Pattani, Narathiwat...