{"id":10665,"date":"2023-07-09T11:38:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T09:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/09\/its-simple-and-cheap-the-volunteers-making-ukraines-trembita-bomb\/"},"modified":"2023-07-09T11:38:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T09:38:03","slug":"its-simple-and-cheap-the-volunteers-making-ukraines-trembita-bomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/09\/its-simple-and-cheap-the-volunteers-making-ukraines-trembita-bomb\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s simple and cheap\u2019: the volunteers making Ukraine\u2019s Trembita bomb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Known as the \u2018people\u2019s missile\u2019, the bomb costs about \u00a32,300 to build and can be transported in a car boot<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2023\/jul\/09\/russia-ukraine-war-live-freed-mariupol-commanders-welcomed-home-biden-heads-to-europe\">Russia-Ukraine war \u2013 latest news updates<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At an industrial estate near Kyiv, a group of engineers stand next to a tube. The metal device is part of a homemade rocket. After twiddling with an ignition cable, the engine sparks into flame. There is <a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/?zx=n7h2m7mmg0b#inbox\/FMfcgzGtvsSSFLVtNTVczZnwMGFwZrhQ?projector=1\">a terrifying, ear-splitting roar<\/a>. Two dogs that guard the compound slink away and hide; swallows fly off. The centre of the pipe glows red. After a minute, the awful din stops.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrembitaRocket?t=YS6d9ml3QfUD5HrMz1IfDA&amp;s=08\">Trembita<\/a>, also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trembita.rocket\">the \u201cpeople\u2019s missile\u201d<\/a>. The prototype is Ukraine\u2019s 21st century answer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/V-1_flying_bomb\">V-1 flying bomb<\/a>, or doodlebug, the long-range ballistic missile used by Nazi Germany during the second world war against targets in south-east England.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jul\/09\/its-simple-and-cheap-the-volunteers-making-ukraine-trembita-bomb\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/05d00708b333ae4a00f5ae3d8171d33efa9ecf1c\/0_305_6720_4032\/master\/6720.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5fb061b68b47376b8bd82c62dd9701ee\" title=\"\u2018It\u2019s simple and cheap\u2019: the volunteers making Ukraine\u2019s Trembita bomb\" \/>Known as the \u2018people\u2019s missile\u2019, the bomb costs about \u00a32,300 to build and can be transported in a car boot<br \/>\nRussia-Ukraine war \u2013 latest news updates<br \/>\nAt an industrial estate near Kyiv, a group of engineers stand next to a tube. The metal device is part of a homemade rocket. After twiddling with an ignition cable, the engine sparks into flame. There is a terrifying, ear-splitting roar. Two dogs that guard the compound slink away and hide; swallows fly off. The centre of the pipe glows red. After a minute, the awful din stops.<br \/>\nWelcome to the Trembita, also known as the \u201cpeople\u2019s missile\u201d. The prototype is Ukraine\u2019s 21st century answer to the V-1 flying bomb, or doodlebug, the long-range ballistic missile used by Nazi Germany during the second world war against targets in south-east England. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Known as the \u2018people\u2019s missile\u2019, the bomb costs about \u00a32,300 to build and can be transported in a car boot Russia-Ukraine war \u2013 latest news updates At an industrial estate near Kyiv, a group of engineers stand next to a tube. The metal device is part of a homemade rocket. After twiddling with an ignition &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/09\/its-simple-and-cheap-the-volunteers-making-ukraines-trembita-bomb\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018It\u2019s simple and cheap\u2019: the volunteers making Ukraine\u2019s Trembita bomb<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10665"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}