Originally Posted by
beardy
The theatre for these aircraft is the cities, suburbs and back gardens of the UK. Would you think there to be a distinct in theatre ground threat?
I believe that the Liverpool police helicopter was targeted on the ground, before being moved to a more secure hangarage.
You didn't specify exact capabilities, so I'll admit my response was broad to cover a larger area, but not inaccurate according to the context of your own post. The people being monitored are likely to not be very nice people, who may intend to commit harm to dozens, if not hundreds of innocent people.
It's also reasonable to suspect they are prepared to commit harm to anybody involved in their investigation - or apprehension - to evade the law and avoid justice, to maximise their likelihood of success.
The slightest insight or confirmation in to how the information against them is collected, could change the way in which they operate, which may prevent those on the frontline of preventing atrocities from having the information they require to safely do their job - this is why MI5, MI6, GCHQ, counter terrorist specialist Police and other organisations
don't talk about the details of their work. Knowledge is power - information about numbers, intent, weapons, location, etc. can all be collected via the assets being discussed. It's better to let the enemy figure it out on their own.
We sleep comfortably in our beds at night thanks to the incredible men and women in our Police, Security Services and Armed Forces who keep us safe from bad people. How about let's not betray them by talking about their most sensitive kit?