I think the term ‘ballistic blanket’ is fairly self-explanatory. I doubt anyone has any illusions that it can be bought in the same aisle as bedsheets and pillowcases.

“Why are they nuts? Is this a prototype that could fail and kill them? Or is it a proven product that is designed to do exactly what they’re using it for? That’s like calling me nuts for accelerating a large metal container up to 100km/h with only some small pads pushing on a small metal disc to keep me alive. That’s…