Kim Westerlund

[Atari @atari]

Congratulations to the Artemis II team on a safe landing! 🚀

[Oleksandr Yakovenko @alex_chenkov]

Dear Mr. Armin Papperger, CEO of Rheinmetall,

When you referred to Ukrainian drone manufacturers as “Ukrainian housewives with 3D printers” you revealed just how deeply the European defense establishment still fails to understand the nature of modern warfare.

This is not about emotion. It is about battlefield reality. Here are the facts your industry refuses to acknowledge:

In 2025 alone, Ukrainian drones carried out 819,737 confirmed strikes. They caused 90 percent of all Russian combat losses, more than all other weapons systems combined.

TAF alone produces up to 100к FPV drones monthly. In any given 90-day period, my company’s products alone achieve more confirmed strikes than your entire fleet of equipment has across its full combat history in every conflict. And most importantly, I built this company and achieved these results in two years, not fifty. Think about that.

Our drones generate more kinetic effect in three months than your flagship platforms have in half a century.

Why? Because the battlefield has changed, and your business model has not.
•Russian electronic warfare has made GPS-guided Western munitions such as Excalibur and GMLRS nearly ineffective.
•Expensive and complex systems designed for wars with air superiority and traditional peer-to-peer combat have become easy prey for drones costing $500, attacking them from above.
•The cost-to-effect ratio has been turned upside down: one 120 mm Rheinmetall shell or one anti-tank missile costs more than a dozen of our drones, and yet our drones still win.

This is not a “Lego game.” It is industrial Darwinism in real time. We iterate every week. We print parts in basements and ship 100к strike systems per month, while your engineers still require three to five years and hundreds of millions of euros in certification costs for even a minor upgrade.

The war in Ukraine is not a temporary anomaly. It is the first true drone-industrial war. And it has already proven that outdated European platforms, no matter how expensive or “serious” they may seem, are becoming less and less relevant unless they integrate the very technologies you mock.

So when you say, “this is not innovation,” I hear something else: “We do not want to admit that the future is being written in Ukrainian workshops, not in Düsseldorf boardrooms.”

#MadeByHousewives is trending for a reason. Because these “housewives” destroy more enemy equipment every month than entire European armies do in full campaigns. And they do it while your industry continues to sell 20th-century solutions at 21st prices.

The invitation remains open, Mr. Papperger. Stop laughing at the kitchen table. Come and learn how tomorrow’s war is actually being fought. Because the next time someone asks, “Who needs tanks in the age of drones?”, the answer may be simpler than you think: Whoever still believes in 1979 will lose to whoever is building in 2026.

With respect, but with facts,
Oleksandr Yakovenko “Ukrainian housewives”
Founder TAF

[Kim Westerlund @_KimWesterlund]

@_0b1d1 Pdf

[Henri Vanhanen @HenriVanhanen]

1. Puolan tapaus nostaa esiin kysymyksen, mitä jos vastaava tapahtuisi Suomessa? Jos meillä olisi venäläisdrooneja ilmatilassamme, lentoasemia kiinni, kansalaisille annettu kehotus pysyä sisällä?

Muutama lyhyt huomio 🧵

[John Hultquist @JohnHultquist]

In light of the cooling situation in the Middle East, a reminder that critical infrastructure is already under attack, and the threat actors have not gone away. We are still responding to Scattered Spider activity.

[J-P Keränen @jpkerkko]

Huomio reserviläiset:

Määräaikainen reserviupseeri - Puolustusvoimat - https://t.co/5CP9emzMDK https://t.co/QVMxPzvBtW

[Kim Westerlund @_KimWesterlund]

”Without trust, there is no security,” said Minister @LuluRanne in her opening speech.
Today will be about building trust and resilience in the digital society at #tietoturva2025

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Zelensky has thanked Trump, Congress, and the American people many times.

But let's be clear: when Trump and Vance said that THEY are trying to help Ukraine right now, and need to be thanked for the work personally, there are reasons to wonder. 1/ THREAD

[Pekka Toveri @PToveri]

1/3
Hyvä kirjoitus. PV:llä on haasteena henkilöstön vähäisyys, mutta tähän kannattaisi kyllä panostaa.
Samoin tiedonkulkua ja -saantia firmojen ja PV:n välillä tulisi helpottaa. Nyt yrittäjä ei edes tiedä kehen olla yhteydessä innovaationsa kanssa. https://t.co/OjUvKCpQ1e

[Kim Westerlund @_KimWesterlund]

No nyt!
PV tarjoaa irtoviiksikoulutusta siviileille https://t.co/FSWGKiA27j
Intohimoisten naapurikyttääjien kannattaa tustua @vpkivimaki kirjoituksiin ennen hakeutumista koulutukseen.
#tuplanollaseiska

[Nixu Corporation @NixuCorporation]

"The cyber defence of Finland's critical infrastructure and its ability to shield itself from cyber attacks as part of the hybrid operations conducted by authoritarian nations is uncertain," comments @vapelto and @_KimWesterlund in today's @KauppalehtiFi

https://t.co/GQhY1YN9Qv

[Kim Westerlund @_KimWesterlund]

@PanuMoilanen Onnittelut

[Kim Westerlund @_KimWesterlund]

🎢 What a rollercoaster ride it has been. Last Nasdaq Helsinki day for this ticker. 👋 NIXU.HE

[Kim Westerlund @_KimWesterlund]

’Today, a few lines of code can be more devistating than a fighter’ at Max Jakobson Lecture

[Kim Westerlund @_KimWesterlund]

@vxunderground Rootkits and Bootkits! 👀

[ᴡʜᴏɪꜱ @JuhoJauhiainen]

Are you ready? 🤔

#teaser #disobey2024 #oispahackerbadge

[Kim Westerlund @_KimWesterlund]

@turpeinen_tero Kovaa vasta-argumentointia 😂
Alan tästä lähtien aina kun minua syytetään jostakin, kysymään, että ’oliko pesukarhu natsi’. Vetää hiljaiseksi kenet tahansa.

[Nixu Corporation @NixuCorporation]

Nixu is Microsoft's End-to-end Security Partner of the Year in Finland 🎉The award is based on Nixu's strategic & holistic approach to driving the development of #cybersecurity solutions together with @Microsoft. Read the full press release below:
🇬🇧 - https://t.co/23om7niuv0

[Nixu Corporation @NixuCorporation]

Why is it imperative for every organization to have a Security Operations Center? 🌐

Take a look at our recent article by @JMickos, where he shares his insights 👉 https://t.co/vrZcUAQlPp

#SOC #CyberSecurity

[Kim Westerlund @_KimWesterlund]

@veslipp Onnittelut ja tervetuloa mystiseen osmonsolmukiltaan.