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Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Ground-to-air missiles 'may protect' London 2012 games
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Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has told MPs that ground-to-air missiles will be deployed to protect the 2012 Olympic Games in London if deemed operationally necessary.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15724639
Author:  adidan [ Mon Nov 14, 2011 4:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ground-to-air missiles 'may protect' London 2012 games
And here was me thinking our games wouldn't be able to match up to the Chinese effort.
Author:  rustybucket [ Mon Nov 14, 2011 4:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ground-to-air missiles 'may protect' London 2012 games
I know we want to beat their fireworks but that's chuffing ridiculous
Author:  adidan [ Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ground-to-air missiles 'may protect' London 2012 games
rustybucket wrote:
I know we want to beat their fireworks but that's chuffing ridiculous

Apparently they had them in Beijing and have been in place previously.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ground-to-air missiles 'may protect' London 2012 games
Yeah, as if the Taliban can launch an air strike [/sarcasm]
If anything happens, it'll be like this.
7/7 style back pack terrorist go to the games. At either transport hubs, or just before the scurity checks at the venues, they'll set the bombs off.
It doesn't matter how much security there is. They can set them off in crowded areas before they got to them. It'll still lead to headlines all over the world.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Ground-to-air missiles 'may protect' London 2012 games
l3v1ck wrote:
Yeah, as if the Taliban can launch an air strike [/sarcasm]

Well, depends how you define that. Maybe not the Taliban but there are plenty of loonies in the world.A light plane full of kerosene crashing into the opening ceremony would be a hell of a thing. And someone flew a Cesna into Red Square, past the densest air defense network on the planet at the time.
Author:  adidan [ Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Ground-to-air missiles 'may protect' London 2012 games
jonbwfc wrote:
A light plane full of kerosene crashing into the opening ceremony would be a hell of a thing.

I think we should try and make the opening ceremony more impressive than I expect it to be but that's going too far...
Author:  Fogmeister [ Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ground-to-air missiles 'may protect' London 2012 games
That's a guaranteed gold for Team GB in the clay pigeon shooting then :D
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ground-to-air missiles 'may protect' London 2012 games
Fogmeister wrote:
That's a guaranteed gold for Team GB in the clay pigeon shooting then :D

and Archery and target shooting, though it may cause a few appeals.
Author:  saspro [ Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ground-to-air missiles 'may protect' London 2012 games
bobbdobbs wrote:
Fogmeister wrote:
That's a guaranteed gold for Team GB in the clay pigeon shooting then :D

and Archery and target shooting, though it may cause a few appeals.


Are you going to appeal against the country that has surface to air missiles in their capital, when you still have to get a plane home?
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