Ukrainian engineers 'build DIY missile to fool Russian air defences'

Ukrainian engineers claim they have designed a “people’s missile” that can be built in an average front garden with almost double the range of the US-supplied Himars rocket.

The missile, which uses the same technology as the German V1, is essentially a motor-powered steel tube attached to a pair of glider wings and fired from a catapult.

The anti-Russian Vidsich protest group behind the design, dubbed Trembita in Ukrainian, says it can be produced cheaply from everyday materials.

A graphic released explaining the technology shows up to three of the rockets fitting inside a one-car garage.

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[Rainbow-Dash]

This is the equivalent of we have missles at home

[customraspi]

These are the good old German V1 missiles! Love them and they really scare the sheet out of the enemy.

[cloroxmints]

even if the missile cant hit a target or do damage just having a very cheaply made decoy up in the air is extremely useful, if they can get russia to fire all their sams its a lot easier to get aircraft and actually effective missiles through the defenses

[nadirnazirov]

Ukraine was the basis of technological production in the USSR. All ballistic missiles, aviation, ships and other things were produced in Ukraine. A couple of years ago, space rockets were also produced for US companies.

[sammurphy]

War times really do breed some of the most amazing technological advances.

[albertohusay]

Good idea. That strategy of sending decoy will have an impact on air defence around the world.

[spookyskelly]

Love that pulse jet engine sound. It's terrifying.

[ajsindri]

Colin Furze would be proud of the pulse jets

[mirola]

The V1 is back !
Ramjet engine.
Worked then, will work now.

[mirakolis]

This conflict is turning more and more into mad max every day

[madmachine]

The impressive improvisation abilities of Ukraine’s people to adapt, restore function, improvise, and to create something new has been demonstrated beyond expectation.

[alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi]

V1 missiles are back to active duty, what next the V2 & Yamato!?

[matthewcole]

They could use a simple circuit computer like a raspberry pi computer to help guide it and maybe implement a cheap thermal camera.

[ballatinesfinesse]

with a catapult they are in the medieval age Ukraine?

[ac]

Wait, do we not have thousands of decoy missiles already? That’d be a great startup idea to sell to the military, an entire factory preparing cheap missiles for the sole purpose of depleting anti air weapons.

[Villain]

Actually good idea - Putin’s thugs will have to respond to these missiles attacks using up what air defence capabilities they have left - it’s the same problem Israel has when Palestinians launch home made cheap missiles - Israel has to use expensive and time consuming to produce air defence missiles.

Best wishes to Ukraine her Armed Forces and People 🇺🇦🇬🇧

[Kaneo]

It’s cool how the pulse jet is back in combat for the first time since ww2

[GhostRider]

Just imagine a swarm of this thing's flying over your head, what noise it must be xD

[ringrabat]

Even if they don't work hitting targets, they will force Russians to waste lots of expensive air defense missiles, well done...

[marvinc]

Fascinating - but it would be even more so if we were at least told something about how it is made, and how it actually works!