Trembita ‘People’s Missile’ Drone Makes First Public Appearance
It was designed to carry a 20-kilogram (44-pound) warhead, launch from a pneumatic “catapult”, and have an estimated range of around 140 kilometers (87.5 miles).
The group admitted that their DIY-missile would not have the same precision as a GPS guided missile system, but said the plan was to fire the Trembita in swarms of 20 or so missiles to “overcome enemy air defenses and hit targets up to a sufficient depth.”
The designers put out a call for other volunteer engineers who could manufacture the relatively basic missile components in garage workshops throughout Ukraine.
Ukraine’s Army TV published a video of the Trembita at the exhibition.
The final version of the Trembita displayed on Friday was far more sophisticated than the prototype displayed in what seemed like someone’s backyard two years ago. It comes in two variants launched by a pneumatic system along a take-off ramp.
The smaller model has no warhead and is designed to act as a decoy target. The larger model boasts a 20-kilogram (44-pound) payload, a range of 200 kilometers (125 miles) and speed of 400 kph (250mph). It comes at a cost of around $4,000 a throw.
Source: Kyiv Post