Olympics - SAM missiles on flats...

hsuffyan said:
what I don't understand is that the govt are acting like this is a completely new threat to the UK. It was almost 11years ago when 9/11 happened and hasn't aircraft security been significantly improved since then. Is it really possible for a terrorist to gain access to the flightdeck given the changes made post 9/11? All this hoo ha about protecting the olympics is being over egged in my opinion. Thousands of planes pass over Great London on a daily basis. Taking out One Canada Sq, Tower 42, Houses of Parliament is likely to cause far greater damage to the UK than a stadium. Why all the fuss now?
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A little thing called the Olympics and the IOC security requirements!

It's been happening for years and certainly prior to 11th Sept 2001.
 
DemiLion said:
A little thing called the Olympics and the IOC security requirements!

It's been happening for years and certainly prior to 11th Sept 2001.
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You've missed my point. Is this even a real threat any longer?

Unless London is left unprotected at all other times, with the standards only being heightened for the Olympics.
 
ecsrobin said:
Well it wouldn't have Been a target if the idiot hadn't have gone public. It shocks me in this day and age everyone thinks they can make a quick buck from a story instead of thinking of the bigger story and keeping quiet.
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ROFL! Seriously? Jeebus
 
desantnik said:
I had an Apache buzz my village yesterday morning.
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I would have thought that in pyongyang a Mi24 Hind would be more usual comrade;)
 
hsuffyan said:
You've missed my point. Is this even a real threat any longer?

Unless London is left unprotected at all other times, with the standards only being heightened for the Olympics.
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TBH I don't think that the actual threat is an issue. It's more about PR and precautionary actions to counter a perceived threat to the public and, more importantly, foreign eyes.
 
DemiLion said:
TBH I don't think that the actual threat is an issue. It's more about PR and precautionary actions to counter a perceived threat to the public and, more importantly, foreign eyes.
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And there you have it, "more importantly foreign eyes", to hell with the locals, typical of this country today. If the actual threat is not a issue why the need for so called precautionary actions
 
DemiLion said:
TBH I don't think that the actual threat is an issue. It's more about PR and precautionary actions to counter a perceived threat to the public and, more importantly, foreign eyes.
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Yes, but it's a little disconcerting when decisions on public security are made at the 'poker table'.

I'd be more worried about a gas attack or biological warfare during the olympics, which would be much harder to detect.

(you can tell I work in Risk Management!) :cuckoo:
 
hsuffyan said:
I'd be more worried about a gas attack or biological warfare during the olympics, which would be much harder to detect.
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Do you know something about the official caterer's baked beans in advance, that the rest of us should be aware of? :D
 
DemiLion said:
Do you know something about the official caterer's baked beans in advance, that the rest of us should be aware of? :D
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No but the refuse holding area at the end of platform 17 at liverpool st is enough to make you spew your guts.

In all seriousness, I go past the olympic site twice a day on my way to and from work and it all looks pretty grotty to me. I will happily look past it as the focus of the event should be the competition and coming together of athletes from around the world. It still makes me feel a little embarrassed though.
 
big soft moose said:
I would have thought that in pyongyang a Mi24 Hind would be more usual comrade;)
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Yes, which is why I said Apaches are rare.... usually the the Great Leader (tm) SAM system destroys all imperialists within seconds of them approaching the border ;-)
 
DemiLion said:
TBH I don't think that the actual threat is an issue. It's more about PR and precautionary actions to counter a perceived threat to the public and, more importantly, foreign eyes.
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The hilarious thing is, that despite all of the good PR.... they've monumentally screwed up ALL of the PR around placing the missiles on a residential roof, from day one - they should surely at least have gone through the motions of a quasai-consultation process- and it's got worse and worse ever since!

Here's a great photo of a photocall with some rapier missiles in a park: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikekingphoto/7139397733/

Strangely, no such thing was organised in Bow by the military...


As for the need for missiles - I'm not at all surprised that there are missiles provisions being made. Putting them on a residential building is quite a step though...
 
DemiLion said:
Opinions as to whether that was a great photocall differ somewhat according to the guys who were there! ;)

Somewhat along the lines of; Here's a shiny bit of metal for you to photography, now hurry up and wait!
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you're misreading, I said that it was a cool photo -of- the photocall, not that the photocall subject matter was any good :P
 
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