[45jim]

This is not a baby MRAP, not even close. This is a security vehicle and the protection level of a security vehicle is determined by the weapons carried by the security staff themselves not some threat assessment, for exactly the reason your thinking. If they carry just pistols then the protection level is just that. The reason the vehicle is slab-sided is that its easy to fabricate armour plate for the simple body. Lets face it, it's a commercial cube van chassis with a steel box on it. The ballistic windows are off-the-shelf items so nothing here is cutting edge or "over the top". The design and the colour are there to intimidate and provide a limited amount of protection, that's all.

A terrorist attack on a Nuclear facility is something we don't want to contemplate and unless the responsible police agency was extremely well trained they could do more harm than good. A well trained internal force would know what area or item is critical as opposed to ordinary, where its ok to use your weapon and where its not.

And remember this is not a police force they are not there to interact with the public, they are there to protect a vital point - that's all. If next week someone blew up a reactor and all we had on duty were Commissionaires we would be calling for the Governments head. Clearly the expense of a small force for such an expensive and important part of our infastructure is justified. These vehicles are used all over the world for similar work.

If you want one, get your controlled goods and buy one. Lenco will sell you one from stock but it wont have the cool looking Israeli windows.