Missiles on the Roof

[Gawdzilla Sama]

...where the plane will go down in farmland...

Bit of an assumption.

Yep, but if they're engaged at twenty miles it's a fair bet. Farther away is entirely possible. And, with cold cruel calculation, if you had to chose between a bedroom community and a stadium with 50,000 men, women and children in it, what's your call?

Hmmmmmm......how many of the 50,000 are corporate sponsors, members of the IOC, relatives of members of the IOC, or pets of relatives of members of the IOC?

How many are children?

[laklak]

Yew try droppin a airlanner on mah house an Ah'll show yew the business end of mah scattergun, varmint!

[Clinton Huxley]

There are football stadia all over Europe with average attendances of more than 50,000 every weekend. No missile protection. This is PR.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

There are football stadia all over Europe with average attendances of more than 50,000 every weekend. No missile protection. This is PR.

Could be, but it makes more of a statement if they have to break the dead down into countries of birth.

[Clinton Huxley]

I know the yanks have been moaning about Olympic security, this could just be a sop to them. They'll probably be demanding a Trident submarine moored by Tower Bridge next.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I know the yanks have been moaning about Olympic security, this could just be a sop to them. They'll probably be demanding a Trident submarine moored by Tower Bridge next.

Unlikely for the chaps whose motto is "We hide with pride."

Any way, it goes like this.

1. Put protective measures in place.
2. Nothing happens.
3. People say "See?"

Or

1. Put no protective measures in place.
2. Something happens.
3. People say "Why didn't you do something?"

[Clinton Huxley]

Aye, it's a thankless task being in charge of security at such an event.

[Svartalf]

I know the yanks have been moaning about Olympic security, this could just be a sop to them. They'll probably be demanding a Trident submarine moored by Tower Bridge next.

Funny given the way they handled the Atlanta games... didn't somebody shoot a plane down there during the games, and I mean a plane that wasn't loaded with terrorists?

[Clinton Huxley]

I know the yanks have been moaning about Olympic security, this could just be a sop to them. They'll probably be demanding a Trident submarine moored by Tower Bridge next.

Funny given the way they handled the Atlanta games... didn't somebody shoot a plane down there during the games, and I mean a plane that wasn't loaded with terrorists?

Probably mistook it for an Afghan wedding party.

[Seth]

...where the plane will go down in farmland...

Bit of an assumption.

Yep, but if they're engaged at twenty miles it's a fair bet. Farther away is entirely possible. And, with cold cruel calculation, if you had to chose between a bedroom community and a stadium with 50,000 men, women and children in it, what's your call?

The stadium. All those people accepted the risk of being a terrorist target when they chose to congregate together in one place. Joe the Plumber sitting quietly at home watching TV with a beer in his hand doesn't deserve to be sacrificed just because the 50,000 dumb fucks are too stupid to stay home and watch the games on the telly.

As I said, a permanent venue, which can be built in the middle of an exclusion zone and ringed with missiles and artillery for all i care, should be built to host the Olympics in Greece, and the rule is "you assume the risk" of terrorist attack if you go to the venue.

[maiforpeace]

And I thought Americans were paranoid.

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[Mallardz]

Now I'm no expert. What are the missiles for?
What are they being used against?
Are they for use on ground targets?
What kind of blast radius do they have?
Are they going to be using them on vehicles or individual persons?

Just what the fuck?!

[mistermack]

Now I'm no expert. What are the missiles for?
What are they being used against?
Are they for use on ground targets?
What kind of blast radius do they have?
Are they going to be using them on vehicles or individual persons?

Just what the fuck?!

I would imagine it's to cover the possibility of a hijacked plane or helicopter, or even an improvised drone, packed with explosives, or even poison gas or anthrax spores.

They have to imagine what the terrorists might plan, and counter it as best they can.
911 happened because of a lack of imagination by the FBI or CIA. All the signs were there.

And yes, football matches happen all the time. But the Olympics would be an incredibly attractive target to terrorists. They are after publicity, and public fear. And hitting the Olympics would give both in fabulous quantities.

[Jason]

They are after publicity, and public fear. And hitting the Olympics would give both in fabulous quantities.

Exactly.

.. Oh wait, you're talking about 'terrorists'.

Svart,

It's a load of PR horseshit designed not to counter any real threat but rather to further perpetuate the constant state of 'fear' the occidental world governments (most notably the US and GB) have held their citizens in since September 11th. It also lends a false sense of security to the fools who actually believe it is a serious deterrent to a legitimate threat.

tl;dr - Load of horseshit

[Clinton Huxley]

It would be good publicity for the terrierists - if they crashed a plane, say, into a packed, non-missile "protected" Wembley stadium during the FA Cup Final, no-one would notice. I bet it wouldn't make page 5 of the newspapers.