Missiles stationed on residential roof for Olympics
29-04-2012, 10:36
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Re: Missiles stationed on residential roof for Olympics
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Do these people really think that we don't already have a number of these installations dotted around the UK already?
Or is it just a case of 'not near my home'?
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I think these will be shoulder launched systems
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29-04-2012, 11:05
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Re: Missiles stationed on residential roof for Olympics
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I think these will be shoulder launched systems
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No, they seem to be much bigger than that, as shown on BBC news this morning.
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29-04-2012, 11:21
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Re: Missiles stationed on residential roof for Olympics
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No, they seem to be much bigger than that, as shown on BBC news this morning.
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Take a look a the Starstreak installation image shown towards the bottom of the Wikepedia article. Not shoulder launched but not huge either.
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29-04-2012, 11:36
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Re: Missiles stationed on residential roof for Olympics
From the Army website - Starstreak
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The missile, which travels at more than three times the speed of sound, uses a system of three dart-like projectiles, allowing multiple hits on the target. HVM can be fired from the shoulder, from a lightweight multiple launcher or from the Stormer armoured vehicle.
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29-04-2012, 12:03
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Re: Missiles stationed on residential roof for Olympics
OK so the Olympics are high profile. But with all the security stuff that seems to be heading towards the verge of paranoia, surely any sensible terrorist (or is that a contradiction), is just going to say, too hard, and choose something a little less profile but which still has all the TV cameras, etc so they'd get their around the world headlines?
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29-04-2012, 12:06
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Re: Missiles stationed on residential roof for Olympics
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I think these will be shoulder launched systems
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I wish I had a couple when I was still doing security
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29-04-2012, 12:51
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Re: Missiles stationed on residential roof for Olympics
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OK so the Olympics are high profile. But with all the security stuff that seems to be heading towards the verge of paranoia, surely any sensible terrorist (or is that a contradiction), is just going to say, too hard, and choose something a little less profile but which still has all the TV cameras, etc so they'd get their around the world headlines?
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It is yes, and I don't really blame the authorities because if they miss something and anything happens can you imagine the outcry? Everyone would be asking why they didn't take it more seriously, how they could have got it so wrong etc. etc. etc.
As I pointed out with respect to the Tottenham Court Road hostage taker a couple of days ago, they now err very much on the side of caution and consequently, it doesn't take very much to bring London to a halt and generate massive news coverage.
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29-04-2012, 16:03
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Re: Missiles stationed on residential roof for Olympics
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Originally Posted by Rob
OK so the Olympics are high profile. But with all the security stuff that seems to be heading towards the verge of paranoia, surely any sensible terrorist (or is that a contradiction), is just going to say, too hard, and choose something a little less profile but which still has all the TV cameras, etc so they'd get their around the world headlines?
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Terrorists love high profile targets, because it gets them more press coverage.
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29-04-2012, 17:54
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Very reassuring to know that if there are any terrorist planes either wanting to fire missiles or crash land into the Olympics. then they are ready for them.
I'm still not going. I don't care how low the threat is.
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29-04-2012, 18:01
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Re: Missiles stationed on residential roof for Olympics
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Do these people really think that we don't already have a number of these installations dotted around the UK already?
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We are, after all, the only country whose military placed a nuclear reactor in it's capital. Admittedly, it was only small, but the damage could have been siginificant to the capital if something had gone wong.
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29-04-2012, 18:17
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Re: Missiles stationed on residential roof for Olympics
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I would rather have AA missiles on my roof than a nuclear reactor on my doorstep.
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29-04-2012, 18:31
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Re: Missiles stationed on residential roof for Olympics
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These missiles would obviously be effective against ordinary planes though the thought of a shot down plane then crashing onto inhabitants of London is pretty bad. But how effective would they be against say slow moving small drones?
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Yes pretty bad whatever they do but probably not as bad as a plane crashing into a full Olympic stadium.
Anyway let's not forget that a large part of the reason all this is in the news is to try to disuade 'amateur' terrorists from trying something during the big event and reassure the public that something's being done...
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29-04-2012, 18:31
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Re: Missiles stationed on residential roof for Olympics
Where are terrorists going to get hold of drones? Quite difficult to steal I would have thought
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29-04-2012, 18:34
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Re: Missiles stationed on residential roof for Olympics
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These missiles would obviously be effective against ordinary planes though the thought of a shot down plane then crashing onto inhabitants of London is pretty bad. But how effective would they be against say slow moving small drones?
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Risk vs reward (damage limitation).
Shoot down a plane, collateral damage 10s-100s of people from debris; plane gets through, thousands potentially killed - the risk doesn't go away just because it is unpalatable.
Real-life example - when in the RAF, the final test for biological/chemical attack was the junior member of the team took their mask off before everyone else; let me tell you, it was a great day when someone new joined the team.
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