Ukraine prepares to hit Russia with Trembita missiles - The Telegraph
Photo: Ukraine is preparing to attack Russia with Trembita missiles (still from video)
Ukraine is preparing to attack Russia with Trembita missiles. The Telegraph reports that an improved version is currently being produced that will be able to reach Moscow.
According to the agency, Ukraine's new Trembita cruise missile may become Ukraine's biggest symbol of its desire for firepower autonomy.
“Anticipating the day when it will run out of bespoke American munitions – most notably, 190-mile-range Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) ballistic missiles – Ukraine is getting ready to build Trembitas and other long-range deep-strike munitions,” the article says.
Trembita missile
Describing this weapon, the journalists note that this missile is only seven feet long (about 2 m - ed.) and weighs 200 pounds (about 100 kg - ed.).
“The Trembita combines a loud pulse jet engine with a simple structure – tube-shaped fuselage and square wing – and simple guidance. GPS, in this case. That simplicity lends the Trembita its best feature: its low cost,” the authors note.
The basic Trembita, which has been under development since 2023, costs only 10,000 dollars. It has a range of only 90 miles (almost 145 km - ed.) and a 40-pound warhead (over 12 meters - ed.).
According to The Telegraph, the Ukrainian firm building the Trembita is working on a larger, longer-range version that should be able to reach Moscow, which is 400 miles (almost 650 km) from the Ukrainian border.
“That version, which should be ready in around a year, would undoubtedly cost more than $10,000 – but would still be potentially the cheapest deep-strike munition in the world. An ATACMS costs more than $1 million,” the journalists write.
Trembita is not ATACMS, Storm Shadow, or SCALP
According to the agency, Trembita cannot match ATACMS, Storm Shadow, or SCALP because it lacks the payload of American munitions, the penetrating power of British and French munitions, and the accuracy of all three.
“A barrage of Trembitas might work just fine against, say, a sprawling factory complex. It might not work so well against the underground command bunkers the Ukrainians have been aiming their Storm Shadows at.” the authors note.
As they summarize, by relying more on their weapons, Ukrainians may have to resort to a different set of targets.
As previously reported, Ukraine is developing a missile that can reach Moscow and more than 10 other projects.
