the start is airport security, the middle is fighter planes, shooting down over a city is very unlikely (i imagine it would only be for an outbound flight taking off from the city so no chance to shoot it down before it gets over a populated area)
Surface-to-air missiles for the Olympics
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the start is airport security, the middle is fighter planes, shooting down over a city is very unlikely (i imagine it would only be for an outbound flight taking off from the city so no chance to shoot it down before it gets over a populated area)
AlQ must be secretly behind every local councils ridiculous health and safety rules in that case.
Do you actually feel 'less free' because you can't bring your own drinks on a plane? If thats the case then steer clear of your local Cineworld.
Terrorists never 'win' because if they did they would cease to be terrorists.
Still going on about it. Some nob end on Sky News who's just seemingly a lawyer saying how its horrible that tennants have them on their property and they should be relocated for the period of the games, in case they go off by accident, they accidentally explode or if they are attacked by terrorists. Oh and of course soldiers running in and out of peoples homes day and night according to him.
*sigh*
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I don't think that's an unreasonable concern.
Is it just me that finds that a little bit humorous.
The chances of the going off by accident is very very remote, They are powered by solid fueled Rockets motors which are very stable. The High velocity missiles that they are planning to place on the tower blocks don't carry a large explosive warhead, instead they use the kinetic energy of the missile backed up by a very small explosive charge to disable the target.
I don't think I'd be happy with the army setting up a missile battery on top of my house to be honest, its a valid point. Doesn't really matter how explosive they are, its still a lot of risk to defend against such an unlikely scenario. Freak accidents have been known to happen as well as friendly fire incidents.
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They have a range of more than 30cm you know.
Despite the scenario being highly unlikely it still has to be considered and planned for. The chance of any aircraft getting to the point where these missiles have to be used is remote in the extreme. The sites themselves will be most likely used as just observation sites for observes monitoring people on the ground during the games. The missiles, although onsite will be will be kept in a non armed condition under guard. They will not be set up on the roof, powered up and ready to fire at the push of a button for the entirety of the games.
what 737s? Yeah i heard they can go all over the continent !
The papers describing them as the equivalent of nuclear warheads, whilst the soldiers manning them will be using the residents balconies as a toilet is the culprit.
People believe everything they read.
If they are using Rapiers as the article suggests, they must have line of sight on the aircraft in question. This means it (the aircraft, should one requiring shooting down) is going to be a lot closer than you might think.
Wow thread revival!
Of course I saw what happened and I fail to see how it's relevant in this case. Downing a passenger jet aimed at a stadium using a short range missile over one of the densest population centres in the world is not really a life saving measure.
It's a great way for the armed forces to justify their existence and the government to publicly demonstrate how committed they are to defeating 'terror'!
I feel for the government tbh...
They don't deploy it, plane blows something up - They get slated.
They deploy it, nothing happens - They get slated.
Student protests, they are reserved and control well - They get slated
London Riots, they don't get too heavy handed -They get slated
Other riots, they get hands on - They get slated
What do you want them to do? The media are full of such ****, and 99% of the populous follow the stories along to cause more trouble, blowing things out of proportion.
BAH.
They don't deploy it, plane blows something up - They get slated.
They deploy it, nothing happens - They get slated.
Student protests, they are reserved and control well - They get slated
London Riots, they don't get too heavy handed -They get slated
Other riots, they get hands on - They get slated
What do you want them to do? The media are full of such ****, and 99% of the populous follow the stories along to cause more trouble, blowing things out of proportion.
BAH.
Who says it has to be a jumbo jet? a Cessna or a Lear-jet loaded with fertilizer based explosives would cause massive damage yet both could be destroyed by SAM's, I would say disintegrated aircraft debris > flying bomb.