Frontline risk briefs and protection kits for people who are actually there.
We build nuclear-capable suits and upper-body ballistic kits for journalists, volunteers and civilians who operate close enough to hear incoming rounds or artillery – and we design the conservative risk rules that tell you when to use them.
Not a general gear shop. If your use case is “maybe someday, just in case”, we are not the right supplier. If you are actually sending people into high-risk environments, we can probably help.
“Start at this level if you are close enough to be targeted, not just to read about it.”
One kit, built around actual risk – not fantasy loadouts.
We design from the outside in: threat profile → risk level → protection envelope → what a human body can actually carry and wear long enough to survive a real day in the field.
- Upper-body ballistic protection for chest, back and sides with appropriate trauma plates – tuned for rifle and fragment threats, not only pistol rounds.
- Helmet coverage for fragments and blunt impact in urban and field environments – compatible with comms and goggles.
- Weight and bulk constrained by human reality. If a volunteer cannot climb three flights of stairs or reach shelter in time, the protection is fake.
- Clear separation of levels. We do not pretend a “light comfort vest” is a frontline solution. If it cannot stand up to the likely threats, we say so.
Every frontline kit quote starts with your context: who you are sending, where, and under which rules. “Boxes of vests” with no doctrine behind them are not protection – they are exposed liability.
Configurations that fit airline travel, hostile environment training, and the reality of working with cameras, cables and cramped vehicles.
Recommended: 1–3 kits per team + sparesKits for staff who move between city, road and temporary shelters – with a clear separation between "must wear" and "must be reachable".
Recommended: role-based allocationHome emergency kits and low-profile options for families living under intermittent shelling or close to critical infrastructure.
Recommended: one kit per adult + protective options for older childrenHigher-spec combinations for teams with specific threat profiles, including limited CBRN-capable configurations for essential roles.
Recommended: custom consultationWhen “normal” PPE is not enough.
Most teams will never need full CBRN or nuclear-capable gear – until one bad week when they do. We focus on the small intersection where plausible nuclear or radiological exposure meets non-negotiable field presence.
- Nuclear suits and CBRN-capable layers for scenarios involving nuclear power plants, fuel-cycle facilities, radiological sources or dirty-bomb potential.
- Role-based issue, not mass issue. We identify which roles and locations truly justify CBRN-capable suits, masks and detection, and which do not.
- Trigger thresholds. We help define the events that should escalate you from “standard ballistic kit” to “add CBRN-capable layers” – and when to leave.
- Inventory reality. We match recommendations to what you can actually stock, maintain and train on, not to theoretical wish lists.
Our public WakeUp Nuclear Index at wakeupnuclear.org tracks nuclear-related indicators globally. The same conservative thinking informs any nuclear-capable configurations we recommend.
We do not suggest issuing full CBRN suits to everyone. Instead we identify:
- Teams operating near nuclear plants, fuel depots or key infrastructure.
- Staff who cannot easily evacuate (e.g. medical, operations control, broadcasters).
- Safety officers and trainers who must remain functional during initial incident windows.
For those roles we design layered configurations that can be deployed on short notice without collapsing movement, comms or field work. If we cannot achieve that balance, we say so.
Frontline risk briefs that connect directly to what people wear.
We don’t separate risk understanding from protective posture. The same framework that drives our kits also drives a set of short, decision-grade briefs for security managers, editors and field leads.
What our briefs are
Our briefs are intentionally compact – usually 6–10 pages per region or topic. They are built for people who must decide where to send staff, with what kit, and when to say no.
- Open-source and vendor-neutral – built from public information, partner feedback and deployment experience.
- Conservative by design – low-probability / high-impact scenarios are planned for, not hand-waved away.
- Action-oriented – every risk level is tied to a minimum protection posture, not just a colour on a map.
They are not classified intelligence, not click-bait “threat porn”, and not a replacement for your own security team. They give your people a structured lens and a shared language.
Current briefs & samples
We are starting with one core product and a short roadmap:
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Ukraine Frontline Safety & CBRN Risk Brief – Sample edition
10-page English PDF covering kinetic threats, CBRN-relevant scenarios, regional risk levels (1–3), a 3–6 month outlook and protection posture suggestions.
Tailored versions are customised to your locations, mission types and risk appetite. -
Global nuclear infrastructure & escalation watch – quarterly note (planned)
Built on the same thinking as our public WakeUp Nuclear Index at wakeupnuclear.org. - Custom frontline briefs for organisations with a defined footprint (cities, corridors, plants or facilities).
If you want to see the sample Ukraine brief, mention it when you contact us or select it in the form below.
How this connects to duty-of-care
In a long conflict, risk quietly normalises. Different managers start using different mental models. Our briefs are built to support three outcomes:
- A simple, shared 1–3 risk scale that everyone can understand.
- A clear link from risk level → who you send → minimum kit they must wear.
- Documented reasoning you can defend later if deployments or incidents are questioned.
Methodology in plain language
We combine:
- Open-source reporting from reputable media, think-tanks and official channels.
- Patterns of attacks on infrastructure, populated areas and specific professions.
- Feedback from organisations and individuals operating on the ground.
- Our own experience designing and deploying ballistic and nuclear-capable protective equipment.
Risks are scored on a simple 0–3 scale (likelihood × impact, adjusted for vulnerability), then grouped into Level 1–3 bands. Each band links to a minimum recommended protection posture. Sudden escalations and black swans can always break past patterns – our work should complement, not replace, your own judgement and procedures.
Talk to us about a brief that fits your footprint
If you are responsible for sending people into or near conflict zones, critical infrastructure or potential radiological targets, and you feel the gap between headlines and “what exactly do we do this month”, we can probably help.
When you contact us, tell us who you are (NGO, newsroom, security firm, other), where your people operate, and what decisions you need to support. We will tell you honestly whether a tailored brief makes sense – and if not, we will say so.
Not everyone. Only people who actually go.
We design for defined roles and missions, not for vague anxiety. If your use case is “real deployments into real risk”, you are in the right place.
Field workers, medical staff, logistics and local partners who must stay close to displacement, aid lines and critical infrastructure. We care about their ability to move, work and go home in one piece.
Correspondents, camera operators, fixers and drivers operating in cities under intermittent shelling or near contested areas – often with limited backup and time pressure.
People living within range of artillery, drones or nuclear-related sites who need pragmatic emergency options – not full-time warfighting gear.
Not tacticool. Not fatalistic. Just serious.
We sit between two extremes: people who think “it will never happen here” and people who think every risk requires a bunker. Our job is to be useful to the ones actually carrying the weight.
- We manufacture. We run real production for ballistic and nuclear-capable protective equipment – not just middleman catalogue work.
- We are conservative, not sensational. We treat low-probability / high-impact events as planning problems, not marketing opportunities.
- We link words to hardware. Our briefs and risk levels always connect back to actual kit that exists, fits humans and can be delivered.
- We are honest about limits. If a threat profile cannot be meaningfully mitigated with gear, we will say so. Sometimes the only rational posture is “do not go”.
- We’re structured for long conflicts. We assume this is not “just a bad week” – but a grinding period where people get tired, shortcuts appear and standards drift.
Tell us where your people actually are.
We answer faster and more precisely when we know your footprint, not just “interested in your products”. The more concrete you are, the more useful we can be.
For straightforward questions you can also write to:
hello@wakeupbulletproof.com
Please include your organisation, locations and whether you are asking about:
frontline kits, nuclear / CBRN-capable suits, or risk briefs.
We do not publish client lists. If we end up working together, we will treat your footprint as sensitive by default.
Legal entity: Hong Kong registered company with manufacturing in China. We do not ship to jurisdictions where we cannot legally or ethically stand behind what we sell.