Not read it and would agree it is a shame, but not entirely surprising given recent history..
After all there are still a minority of people there who are prepared to plant car bombs so I'm not sure throwing things at military vehicles, ex or otherwise, would strike them as unreasonable..
Maybe that will be the real test of peace in NI, when vehicle enthusiasts and more controversially re-enactors can travel around with impunity. Some way off yet I suspect..