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Judge rejects bid to stop rooftop missile bases for Olympics

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    London residents angry over use of high-rises

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Across the pond in the United Kingdom just a few weeks to go to -- star of the Summer Olympics and a judge in Great Britain today gave the go ahead to a controversial plan.

The foot inside aircraft missiles on the roof of -- London apartment bill.

Folks who live in the seventeen story place called Red Wings' power and argued that missiles would make him a terror target.

The building about two miles from Olympic park -- the judge ruled there was no real threat to the residents and that the missiles were necessary for Olympic security.

There's word The British Army will begin construction within just days.

The -- she's correspondent Jonathan Hunt who lived in that neighborhood apparently one point in our near studio tonight Jonathan residents are understandably pretty disturbed about it.

Yeah I imagine -- security officials suddenly said to the good people of Kansas City.

The -- all stocked game is an attractive target for terrorists send that -- in the name of national security.

They need to put missiles on the rooms of homes in a bomb -- buildings.

Within sight of Kauffman Stadium that will that's exactly what is happening in London at this Fred -- apartment building.

And lawyers for the residents who -- they said.

This is the British government essentially saying they couldn't do what ever they want militarily.

When someone -- -- missiles on the -- -- soldiers in the living rooms could be next lesson.

We have always believed.

That an englishman home was his -- Not -- forward operating base.

It was something where we were protected what we could enjoy the quiet enjoyment -- -- hopes.

The -- implication of this judgment days.

That's so long as they managed to defense considers the national security today you know -- the -- Quiet -- your home go home is no longer your past.

Now some other residents all of that neighborhood in which I did live -- time.

A more -- line about it saying that given that -- -- perhaps the nicest bottom London.

A few missiles and a few soldiers arrived in the neighborhood might not be the worst thing for the next month us and -- much -- UK officials say this golf part of an overall security strip featuring.

Yes -- huge securities procedure in something like 27 and a half thousand security.

Personnel will be on -- -- T those missiles designed to take down.

Any hijacked Eric croft that might aim for any Olympics related buildings or any others they've also -- fighter jets on the stand by.

And the helicopters as for those missiles.

The ministry of defense spelt correctly in the British way with -- C said in a statement to we maintain.

That ground based -- defense is an essential pop.

Of the multi lay -- -- security plan and we -- voice said that we are planning for the worst case scenario.

Not the most likely scenario and a lot of terrorism experts will tell you ship the what they fear the most likely scenario is is not some big so called spectacular attack.

Like a hijacked tech dropped but far more likely lone wolf attacks somebody walking into -- pub for instance carrying a backpack bomb that's what they say.

Security officials are most worried about threat this Olympic period chip.

Understandably so Jonathan Hunt of a missile launchers in London into.

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