Missiles on the Roof for London Olympics

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This is getting surreal. From here:

LONDON - It has been a tough few months at the pockmarked concrete high-rise known as Fred Wigg Tower. First there was the fire, which left dozens of residents temporarily homeless. Then came the rash of burglaries of fire-damaged apartments. And now the British army will be putting a battery of high-velocity missiles on the roof.

The defense ministry says the missiles, capable of shooting down a hijacked aircraft, are a key piece in the elaborate jigsaw of security for the London Olympics, which start July 27. But many residents of the east London public housing project were dismayed to find themselves suddenly on the counterterrorism front line.

"It's kind of scary now, to be honest," said Iqbal Hossain, who lives in the building with his wife and three children aged 2 to 14. "If it's about safety for the Olympics, what about safety for us? If there is a terrorist attack, the first thing they are going to attack is the missiles."

Well, this is a new twist for "The Eastenders." I don't know if we have any London-based AH folk, but if we do...that's some plot bunny you've got there.

 

[sr71plt]

If it's about safety for the Olympics, what about safety for us? If there is a terrorist attack, the first thing they are going to attack is the missiles."

Yes, now that everyone is blabbing about them being there. (duh)

 

[oggbashan]

Yes, now that everyone is blabbing about them being there. (duh)

Of course, THOSE missiles will be the decoys to divert the terrorists' attention from the real missiles sited elsewhere...

It's not the weapon you can see that kills you: it's the one you didn't see.

 

[sr71plt]

Of course, THOSE missiles will be the decoys to divert the terrorists' attention from the real missiles sited elsewhere...

It's not the weapon you can see that kills you: it's the one you didn't see.

And now YOU're blabbing the strategy.

D)

 

[oggbashan]

And now YOU're blabbing the strategy.

D)

Not exactly a unique strategy. The US supplied the Taleban in Afghanistan with smoke rockets to divert Russian helicopters into range of SAMs.

 

[sr71plt]

Not exactly a unique strategy. The US supplied the Taleban in Afghanistan with smoke rockets to divert Russian helicopters into range of SAMs.

Not to mention that we sold weapons of mass destruction to Iraq and then leveled the place for owning them. (The irony was that there were any left when we got around to trying use that as an excuse. )

 

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Of course, THOSE missiles will be the decoys to divert the terrorists' attention from the real missiles sited elsewhere...

Um, I don't think it does the Eastenders any good if the missiles on the roof are fake. I mean, unless the terrorists know they're fake....

 

[sr71plt]

Um, I don't think it does the Eastenders any good if the missiles on the roof are fake. I mean, unless the terrorists know they're fake....

Shhhhhhh. (If it's not the Eastenders, we'll have to use someone else.)

 

[Handley_Page]

Actually, the missiles quoted so far are a neat piece of kit.

Of course, all we need now is a protest group of militant eejits and so on. . . .