TGA0690 Russian Orlan-10 Reconnaissance Drone Modified to Carry Bomblets
May 25, 2022Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Orlan-10 drones have been documented on numerous occasions in all areas of conflict across the country. Most of the documentation shows the more familiar use of the Orlan-10 as a...
TGA0689 – The Use of MANPADS with Improvised Batteries, Gaza Strip
May 3, 2022As part of a multi-scene escalation between the Palestinians and Israel in the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip that began in March 2022, a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel on the evening of April...
TGA0688 – Explosives Concealed in Food Products
May 3, 2022During the past month, two attempts to smuggle explosives from Ecuador to Colombia were thwarted. In both cases, the items were camouflaged inside or among food items, as well as other items. In the first incident, bars of gel explosive...
TGA0687 – ELN Casio Wristwatch-Based IED Initiation Systems and Unusual LSC
May 3, 2022In April 4, 2022, Colombian Police arrested three ELN operatives allegedly responsible for extorting oil company subcontractors in Barrancabermeja, in Santander department, in northern Colombia. The three ELN militants were traveling in a taxi that was intercepted by the police...
TGA0686 – Unwitting VBIED Drivers, Colombia
May 3, 2022On February 9, 2022, at 5:20 PM, a three-wheeled cargo motorcycle VBIED was initiated at the entrance to a military garrison in Meta, in the Colombian municipality of Granada, leaving two people dead – a soldier and a civilian, and...
Mobius report 32/2022 – Booby Traps Planted by Retreating Russian Forces, Ukraine
May 3, 2022Over the past several weeks, and particularly during the month of April 2022, Ukrainian security forces have documented numerous incidents of booby traps placed by retreating Russian forces, primarily in the Kyiv region, in the north of the country, and...
Mobius report 31/2022 – FARC Dissident AP Mine Cache Discovered in Cauca, Colombia
May 3, 2022On April 21, 2022, Colombian Police found a cache of improvised anti-personnel mines, reportedly belonging to the FARC dissident Dagoberto Ramos Front, in the Guásimo rural area in Caloto, in Cauca department. The improvised mines in PVC casings are initiated...
Mobius report 30/2022 – Instructional Videos for the Preparation of Improvised Electric Hand Grenades, Myanmar
May 3, 2022During December 2021, a Burmese YouTube channel posted a series of videos showing how to prepare improvised plastic fragmentation hand grenades from scratch. The grenade bodies are replicas of a standard hand grenade body widely used in Myanmar, both by...
Mobius report 29/2022 – IS Sinai Underbelly IED Fashioned from AT Rounds with Pressure Plate Initiation
May 3, 2022On April 11, 2022, Egyptian security forces operating in northern Sinai found and neutralized an underbelly IED buried underground. The IED consisted of a number of old anti-tank shells converted into an IED to which a pressure plate cased in...
