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From Defense Aerospace

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Ground-Based Air Defence Systems to Protect Olympic Sites
(Source: UK Ministry of Defence; issued July 3, 2012)

The Government has today confirmed that ground-based air defence systems will be deployed at six sites in and around London for the duration of the 2012 Olympic Games.

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The sites, and the specific systems to be deployed at them, are:

• Lexington Building, Fairfield Road, Bow, Tower Hamlets - High Velocity Missile
• Fred Wigg Tower, Montague Road Estate, Waltham Forest - High Velocity Missile
• Blackheath Common, Blackheath (Lewisham/Greenwich) - Rapier
• William Girling Reservoir, Lea Valley Reservoir Chain, Enfield - Rapier
• Oxleas Meadow, Shooters Hill, Greenwich/Woolwich - Rapier
• Barn Hill, Netherhouse Farm, Epping Forest - Rapier.

[Silent Hunter UK]

It's worth pointing out that two of those buildings are in fact residential tower blocks; there is an ongoing legal challenge about them.

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It's worth pointing out that two of those buildings are in fact residential tower blocks; there is an ongoing legal challenge about them.

Yeah, heard about that. Who doesn't want their home to have its own air defense?

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I hear the High Court tossed the residents' challenge, at least as far as Fred Wigg tower is concerned.

[Silent Hunter UK]

Yes, rejected - they can't afford to appeal