Reports and explainers

Evergreen explainers on OSINT methods, weapons and the theatres tracked on Intel Mapper.

• How OSINT Conflict Monitoring Works: Inside Live War Maps
• Geolocating War Footage: From Video to Coordinates
• Telling Apart Shahed-Type Drones and FPV Drones in Conflict Reports
• Ballistic vs Cruise Missiles in Ukraine: How Russia's Iskander, Kinzhal, Kalibr and Kh-101 Work
• How to Read a Frontline Map: Understanding Control, Contested Territory and Movement
• How to Verify War Reports on Telegram and X: A Practical Checklist
• Reading Confidence Scores: Making Sense of Intel Mapper's Reliability Ratings
• How Modern Air Defence Systems Work: Patriot, IRIS-T and NASAMS Explained
• The Israel–Lebanon Front: Geography, Actors and Understanding Strike Reports
• Tracking Houthi Strikes in the Red Sea: How Analysts Monitor Maritime Attacks
• How Russian Overnight Strikes Work: The Drone-Then-Missile Sequence
• One Explosion, Five Channels: How Conflict Mappers Handle Duplicate Reports