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...
Mobius report 6/2023 – Different UAVs Modified for Use in Various Combat Operations, Ukraine
February 4, 2023Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, new technologies have been developing at a rapid pace, and are being evidenced on the battlefield by both sides. Without a doubt, UAVs are playing a special role in this conflict, providing the...
Mobius report 5/2023 – Geran-1 and Geran-2 UAS Deployed as Loitering Munitions in Ukraine
February 4, 2023Not long after the Russian military forces began operating Iranian Geran-2 / Shahed-136 unmanned aerial systems deployed as loitering munitions during September 2022, and in particular, in several main waves in October and December, attacks using these weapons increased, in...
Mobius report 4/2023 – Armed UAVs used by Mexican Cartels
February 4, 2023In recent years, the use of UAVs in armed drone configurations has become a common and tactical TTP used by drug cartel groups in Mexico, especially the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, which has been engaged in a violent struggle against...
Mobius report 3/2023 – VBIED Attack Targeting LeT Founder, Lahore, Pakistan
February 4, 2023During December 2022, an investigation into the June 23, 2021, VBIED attack outside the home of Hafiz Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and leader of Jama’at-ud-Da’wah in Johar, Lahore, Pakistan, was published. As a result of the explosion, three people were...
Mobius report 2/2023 – HME and Initiation System Manuals in Anti-Regime Telegram Channels, Iran
February 4, 2023On December 22, 2022, a video of an anti-tilt switch and a tutorial for assembling a similar item were published in an Iranian anti-regime Telegram channel, suggesting to use it with a TATP recipe published earlier. These instructional videos, along...
Mobius report 1/2023 – Improvised Weapons used by Chechen pro-Ukraine Forces
February 4, 2023Since 2014, two Chechen battalions have been operating in Ukraine on the side of the Ukrainian forces, namely, the Johar Dudayev Battalion and the Sheikh Mansur Battalion. Since the Russian invasion in February 2022, the battalions have fought against Russian...
