Mobius report 13/2023 – KPOM-3 Cassette Timers used to Program the Self-Destruct Time of POM-3
March 2, 2023POM-3 scatterable bounding mines first appeared in the war in Ukraine in late March 2022. Since then, additional POM-3 mines have been documented in minefields, as well as internal parts from the remotely deployed cassette delivery system that launches the...
Mobius report 12/2023 – M430 Grenades Modified for use with Armed UAVs, Ukraine
March 2, 2023In the Russia-Ukraine war, we are witnessing the extensive use of UAVs deployed in attack roles by both Ukraine and Russia. The armed UAVs are mostly fitted with improvised bomblets or modified standard ammunition items. In order for munitions dropped...
Mobius report 11/2023 – Concealed and Camouflaged IEDs, Myanmar
March 2, 2023On February 3, 2023, an IED hidden inside a loudspeaker system was discovered and neutralized in Aungmyethazan Township, in central Myanmar’s Mandalay Region. The next day, the PDF-aligned “Myanmar Islamic Commando – PDF” militia published documentation of the intact speaker...
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...
