Search This Blog

Sunday, July 08, 2012

Secret Olympics deal gives minister power to shoot down aircraft over London

Olympic missile protestThe defence secretary, Philip Hammond, could personally order missiles placed on top of a tower block in east London to shoot down an "unauthorised" aircraft approaching the Olympic Park following a secret agreement reached with the local council, one of the army's most senior officers has told the high court.

High-velocity missiles placed on the flats in Leytonstone amounted to "a goalkeeper system, as the last line of defence", according to General Sir Nick Parker, commander of UK land forces.

He revealed the nature of discussions within the cabinet and Waltham Forest council in evidence to the high court, where on Monday occupants of the flats will challenge the decision by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to deploy the missiles.

Read more
om

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.