On April 2, 2024, the Russian Federal Security Service announced the dismantling of a smuggling network involved in trafficking explosives and initiation systems concealed inside Russian Orthodox Church icons and church accessories from Ukraine into Russia via European Union countries....
During February, March and April 2024, Philippine security forces raided camps of groups allied with the New People’s Army, in Abra Province, in the north of the country.During the raids, various equipment was seized, including weapons, small arms ammunition, IEDs,...
Since early 2024, cumulative evidence of the use of unmanned underwater vehicles in the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea has emerged. On January 28, 2024, various weapons were seized by US forces aboard a dhow in the Arabian Sea,...
Due to a shortage of non-rechargeable batteries for the FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank system, in early 2024, a Ukrainian combatant published a detailed tutorial showing how to modify the Javelin’s non-rechargeable batteries into chargeable batteries. The modification requires the addition...
Recently, Russian forces were observed using an FPV racing drone-based improvised loitering munition fitted with a PG round and guided via a fiber-optic cable, rather than the usual UAV wireless datalink transmission. Fiber-optic cables have been weaponized for years, used...
On March 5, 2024, security forces in Ukraine arrested a Russian agent residing in the country. The agent was employed by the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and was planning an...
At the outbreak of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, Lebanese Hezbollah joined the fight against Israel. The organization takes an active part in the fighting on a daily basis by launching rockets, firing anti-tank guided missiles...
This month’s In Focus analyzes the major terrorist attack involving massive shooting and IIDs that shook a Moscow suburb city. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack with no affiliation to any province. However, it was suggested by different sources...
Since late 2023, there has been a lively discussion on several Ukrainian and Russian Telegram channels regarding the potential use of initiation systems for weaponized UAVs, most of which operate on the principle of a gyroscope, that may cause the...