TGA0704 – RC Tracked Robot Mobile Machine Gun, Afghanistan
September 12, 2022Since 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...
TGA0703 – Improvised Rotary Wing Loitering Munitions, Ukraine
September 12, 2022Since 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...
TGA0702 – Delta-Wing UAV Variant Employed by a Pro-Iran Group, Iraq
September 12, 2022On 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...
Mobius report 64/2022 – Series of Timed IED and IID Attacks, Southern Thailand
September 12, 2022Between 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...
Mobius report 63/2022 – Booby-Trapped Motorcycle VBIED and IED Lure Scenes Targeting Security Forces, Myanmar
September 12, 2022On July 27, 2022, the anti-junta Yesagyo Revolution Group claimed responsibility for an attack targeting security forces in the village of Kyaukhlaykhar, in Yesagyo, in Myanmar’s Magway Region, which took place earlier that same day. The attack TTP incorporated a...
Mobius report 62/2022 – Houthi Weapons Showcased in Military Parades, Yemen
September 12, 2022During the month of August 2022, Houthi forces in Yemen held a number of parades in different districts in their areas of control in the south, west and north of the country, to mark the end of the training periods...
Mobius report 61/2022 – Al-Shabaab Offensive in Ethiopia’s Somali Region
September 12, 2022On July 20, 2022, Al-Shabaab launched an extensive attack on towns and villages in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, as well as in Somalia itself, near the border with Ethiopia. The offensive military campaign, which lasted about three weeks, with...
Mobius report 60/2022 – Smart AT Mines in Ukraine
September 12, 2022Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, documentation of a number of smart anti-tank mines not previously used in the Ukrainian arena has been evidenced. In April 2022, for the first time, the use of an advanced anti-tank mine – a...
Mobius report 59/2022 – Improvised Mortars in Direct Fire Formation Targeting Police Stations, Colombia
September 12, 2022On July 26, 2022, at about 8:30 PM, the La Mata Police station, in La Gloria municipality, in Colombia’s César department was attacked. Improvised mortar rounds were fired from improvised launchers arranged in a direct fire formation in a vehicle...
