Olympic Roof Missiles: Residents to Launch Legal Action

Guardian.co.uk
June 28, 2012

A group of residents are today expected to launch legal proceedings against proposals to station surface-to-air missiles on the roof of their tower block during the Olympics.

Solicitors acting for the local authority tenants said they are mounting a challenge against Ministry of Defence plans to potentially place the ground-based air defence system on top of the Fred Wigg Tower in Leytonstone, east London.

Defence officials are considering deploying the weapons across six sites in the capital if there is a security scare during the Games. The move is yet to be confirmed.

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This article was posted: Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 1:13 pm

Tags: foreign affairs, terrorism

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