# Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** ukraine-invasion, breaking-news\ **Created:** [October 29, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972 "2022-10-29T17:49:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5023
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972/5023 "2023-07-09T12:00:45Z")
A Ukrainian twist on IED’s. Except this IED is a missile. This type of cheap weapon will probably become common in other conflicts. Although it’s not a simple roadside bomb that is easily made. > **[‘It’s simple and cheap’: the volunteers making Ukraine’s Trembita bomb](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/09/its-simple-and-cheap-the-volunteers-making-ukraine-trembita-bomb)** > > Known as the ‘people’s missile’, the bomb costs about £2,300 to build and can be transported in a car boot > [@](#): > > In the meantime, Trembita’s developers have set up their own mini- production line. In one corner of the workshop are faulty Ukrainian Grad missiles, stacked up next to Russian Grads captured on the battlefield. > > These are used as a source of valuable missile fuel accelerant. Nearby is a rusting machine gun. Asked if this makeshift production facility is safe, engineer Serhii Biriukov replies: “For us, yes. For the Russians, no.” > [@](#): > > Further tests will be carried out soon at a military training base. The plan is to launch the Trembitas in a battery, with 20 or 30 fired simultaneously. Not all will carry explosives. Targets will include ammunition dumps, and command and control centres. The rockets have a “negative psycho-emotional” effect on Russian soldiers, exposing them to a deafening 100db noise, its designer says. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972)._