Olimpiadi 2012 .... protezione antiaerea ....

[Andrea75]

Residents oppose Olympics missile plan at the High Court

 

Residents of the Fred Wigg Tower in Leytonstone, east London, are fighting to prevent the ground-based air defence system being deployed above their heads.

They are applying for permission to seek judicial review on the grounds their human rights have been breached because they were not consulted fairly and properly over the proposals.

They also want an injunction prohibiting deployment until their legal challenge is heard.

Ministry of Defence officials want to deploy the weapons across six sites in the capital.

 

RAF Typhoons move to Northolt for Olympics

 

Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft have arrived at RAF Northolt ahead of their role providing air security throughout the Olympic Games.

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RAF Typhoon fighter jets available 24/7 to be scrambled from their bases in Lincolnshire and Scotland to intercept unidentified aircraft.

[Andrea75]

Olimpiade, sì ai missili sui tetti di Londra L'Alta Corte respinge il ricorso

 

Missili sulle case durante l'Olimpiade. Per l'Alta Corte inglese non si tratta di un eccesso e i cittadini di Londra dovranno rassegnarsi. Il tribunale lo ha chiarito con una sentenza che dà ragione al Governo contro il ricorso presentato dagli abitanti della Fred Wigg Tower, nell'est di Londra, che avevano protestato contro la decisione di piazzare dei missili terra-aria sui tetti delle loro case in vista delle prossime Olimpiadi. La Fred Wigg Tower è uno dei sei siti dove le armi verranno collocate da metà luglio fino alla fine dei Giochi, con lo scopo di proteggere la città e l'evento dal rischio di attentati terroristici.

[TopGunMatteo]

Olimpiade, sì ai missili sui tetti di Londra L'Alta Corte respinge il ricorso

 

Non vedo perché i cittadini debbano rassegnarsi: secondo me è molto elegante avere dei missili sul proprio tetto della propria casa. Scusate, so che è una cosa praticamente improbabile, però, se un terrorista dovesse avere l'idea di distruggere tutto, non potrebbe salire sopra uno dei tetti e indirizzare un missile verso il centro di Londra? O ancora, non potrebbe manomettere gran parte dei Missili per dare il via libera ai Caccia nemici?

Un'altra cosa: sapete per caso di che missili vengono dotati i tetti di Londra?

[Andrea75]

Non vedo perché i cittadini debbano rassegnarsi: secondo me è molto elegante avere dei missili sul proprio tetto della propria casa. Scusate, so che è una cosa praticamente improbabile, però, se un terrorista dovesse avere l'idea di distruggere tutto, non potrebbe salire sopra uno dei tetti e indirizzare un missile verso il centro di Londra? O ancora, non potrebbe manomettere gran parte dei Missili per dare il via libera ai Caccia nemici?

Un'altra cosa: sapete per caso di che missili vengono dotati i tetti di Londra?

 

Il dispositivo di sicurezza approntato è piuttosto articolato e i missili sui tetti sono solo una parte di un sistema più grande. Si tratta di 'High Velocity Missile' e di 'Rapier'.

Sono stati piazzati sul postazioni 'alte' per aver un maggior raggio d'azione e una visuale migliore in caso di utilizzo (speriamo di no) e, probabilemente, anche con una funzione di deterernza. Se cerchi nella discussione trovi foto, dislocazioni previste e considerazioni varie.

 

Riguardo alla possibilità che questi assetti vengano presi e utlizzati/sabotati da terroristi .... beh, tutto è possibile, ma dubito che si trovino privi di sistemi di protezione e vigilanza. Non è (o almeno non dovrebbe essere) cosa facile arrivare a queste postazioni.

[Andrea75]

Altri uomini ... Additional military support to Olympics security

 

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has confirmed that an additional 3,500 military personnel will be deployed as part of the security arrangements for the 2012 Olympic Games.

This will bring the total number of military personnel, from all three Services and including reservists, contributing to the safety and security of the Games to 17,000.

 

Olympic security soldiers could be forced to sleep in school halls

[Andrea75]

Beh! ... Le figuraccie non sono un'esclusiva italiana Firm at centre of Olympic security shambles 'has seen fee rise by £53m’

 

Confidential Home Office documents seen by The Daily Telegraph show that G4S has had its fee for managing civilian security staff for the Games rise from £7.3 million to £60 million.

The fee the company takes for running its Olympic office has risen more than 10 times faster than its spending on recruitment, the documents show.

The firm’s failure to provide enough staff for Olympic sites this week forced ministers to assign an extra 3,500 Armed Forces personnel to security work for the Games.

The new military deployment yesterday led to intense scrutiny of the contract and prompted calls for G4S to be banned from future government work.

[Andrea75]

HMS Ocean opens to public ahead of Olympics duties

 

The helicopter carrier HMS Ocean will berth at Greenwich this evening for her Olympics duties, and will be open to the public on Sunday, 15 July - a unique opportunity to tour the largest ship in the Royal Navy Fleet.

 

RAF Pumas arrive in Ilford for Olympics role

 

RAF Puma helicopters have arrived at Ilford Territorial Army Centre as they prepare for a key role providing air security for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

[Andrea75]

Airspace over London now on lock-down: All security measures put in place to protect the Olympic Games

 

“Atlas Control” will manage all aerial movements over the capital from July 13 to August 15, 2012.

The airspace block will be split in two, with “Atlas North” controlling the northern half and “Atlas South” the southern, both operating on differing radio frequencies.

The airspace under restrictions will have an outer area called R112 this is an Restricted Zone where flying is possible under certain conditions.

 

 

 

In addition to this outer zone there is an inner Zone called P111 which covers the Olympic site and inner London all aircraft will be prohibited from entering this zone other than Metropolitan Police , HEMS, Olympic Broadcasting Service, certain aircraft in support of National Infrastructure. Aircraft making an approach to or departing from London City Airport, London Heathrow Airport or RAF Northolt are exempt as long as they are under the control of the London Terminal Control Centre at Swanwick or RAF Northolt Approach and the aircraft operator has complied with certain security conditions.

 

[VittorioVeneto]

Se i missili sui tetti vi sembrano eccessivi sappiate che nel Tamigi è stata ormeggiata nientemeno che la HMS Ocean ...

 

Mio Link

 

[TopGunMatteo]

La HMS Ocean?!

Prima pensavo ad una battutaccia del genere: Il colmo sarebbe se tutti i missili non riuscissero a fermare un attacco aereo...

Ma adesso ho la certezza che, se qualcuno prima avesse in mente di attaccare, pur essendo Al Qaeda... adesso ci ha rinunciato.

Modificato 16 Luglio 2012 da TopGunMatteo

[madmike]

la Ocean è una portaelicotteri, con l'eventuale abbattimento di aerei o altro c'entra poco....

[Andrea75]

Minister admits security 'debacle"

 

The lack of security staff for the Olympics is a “debacle” caused by poor Games organisation, a minister has said.

[madmike]

a me sembrano matti. Oramai ci sono piu addetti alla sicurezza che pubblico e atleti.

[Andrea75]

Mentre fioccano polemiche sulla sicurezza dei Giochi .... la torcia olimpica si cala nella Torre di Londra

[Andrea75]

Immagini sulla sicurezza della Londra olimpica

 

A member of the armed forces mans a LMLS (Lightweight Multiple Launcher System) at a launch site on the top of Lexington Tower in east London

 

Security staff work in the London 2012 Olympics control room in the Olympic Park

[Scagnetti]

a me sembrano matti. Oramai ci sono piu addetti alla sicurezza che pubblico e atleti.

 

Anche il noto street artist Bansky sembra voler esprimere lo stesso concetto

 

http://www.repubblica.it/speciali/olimpiadi/2012/07/23/foto/olimpiadi_spuntano_due_nuovi_graffiti_di_banksy-39575177/1/?ref=HRESS-5

[Andrea75]

RAF fighter jet scrambled after air traffic controllers lose contact

 

Hanno fatto la prova generale

 

An RAF fighter jet tasked to defend the Olympics against terror attack was scrambled for the first time today to intercept a passenger plane.

The Typhoon roared into the skies from RAF Northolt in north west London after air traffic controllers lost contact with a commercial airliner carrying hundreds of holidaymakers.

A second RAF warplane was kept on standby on the runway.

The Thomas Cook scheduled flight, travelling from Tunisia to Glasgow, sparked the emergency call-out shortly before 11.30am.

The plane lost communications with the aviation authorities as it headed north over the French coastline.

A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: 'We can confirm that one Typhoon launched. This was in response to a commercial aircraft that was out of communication with air traffic control services.

'Communications were quickly restored; no further action was required.'

The £125million Typhoon had only left the runway for a few seconds before contact was re-established with the captain and his crew.

But the security alert highlighted the tensions surrounding defending the Olympics from terrorists - and the speed at which the jets can respond to an emergency.

[Andrea75]

Vivere con i missili sul tetto di casa

 

Visita a uno dei 6 siti strategici intorno al parco olimpico

[Andrea75]

RAF Typhoon scrambles for second intercept in London Olympics No-Fly Zone

 

On Aug. 3, at 16.49 local time, a Royal Air Force Typhoon was scrambled for the second time since a No-Fly Zone was established, from RAF Northolt, North West London.

 

Eye witnesses stated that the fighter jet took off and performed a near vertical climb out from the base. Whilst the Typhoon thundered into the late afternoon skies a second taxied to the end of the runway as a spare.

 

The target aircraft was a Boeing 737 business jet, serial number N444HE, registered to Wells Fargo Bank, which was cruising at 36,000 feet, when the Typhoon arrived on its left hand side for visual identification and escort.

 

From the end of the runway to the wing of the target the Typhoon took only 3.5 minutes!

 

The fighter jet on QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) was scrambled after the B737 failed to respond to the Air Traffic Control calls on the radio.

 

After a few minutes the Typhoon broke away from the target and requested a bit of general handling to burn fuel before returning to RAF Northolt.