You can have your name or a phrase scrawled on a missile or shell targeting Russian soldiers invading Ukraine thanks to a website that takes contributions and then forwards your message to a fighting unit in the Ukrainian military, the Washington Post reports.
Messages on bombs and shells are nothing new: pilots in World War I would scrawl messages on explosives they would drop from their planes. Servicemen from World War II to modern wars have written messages on munitions. Now, through the website Sign My Rocket, you can have one for yourself, and you’ll receive a photograph of your shell or missile from the front-line unit firing it.
With Americans being the highest percentage of patrons, messages including things like “Remember the Alamo,” and “From NATO with love,” with one surface-to-air missile bedecked with the message “Not for use on Malaysian Airlines,” a rebuke of a Russian-backed militia shooting down a civilian airliner during Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea.
Prices depend on the munition you choose: an 82mm caliber mortar round goes for $30, but prices go up to include things like bomb-laden drones, 220mm rockets and 2S7 Pion heavy artillery shells. You can even sponsor a captured T-72 tank for $3,000.
The operator of the website estimates he’s purchased $150,000 in auto parts and other needed equipment, which he sends to the Ukrainian military.