I'm always amazed at how anal some people get about revealing names in the media. To answer the comment "none of the chaps were 'prone to capture' then" - well, no. Typhoon ain't going anywhere operational in the near (or longish!) future and even if it were - do you honestly think a 20 sec spot on TV is going to alter the price of fish as far as they would be concerned?
"Ah infidel, we were going to let you go, but Achmed here was so pissed off with your posing on the 10 o'clock news 2 years ago that we're going to chop your head off instead"
Balanced against the multitude of other sources from which info can be far more readily gleaned, and also the good
PR that can result in a time where we have to be ever more image conscious, I think the "Don't tell 'em your name, Pike!" attitude is a bit OTT