Snipers, Jets And 13,500 Troops On Olympics Duty

Standing by: RAF Typhoon jets will transfer to RAF Northolt so they can be scrambled in the event of an attack

Snipers, Jets And 13,500 Troops On Olympics Duty... 4,000 More Than Afghanistan -- Daily Mail

* HMS Ocean and HMS Bulwark will also be based at Greenwich and Weymouth bay
* Typhoon jets will be stationed at RAF Northolt
* Personnel provided by Royal Navy, Army and RAF

Up to 13,500 British troops will protect the London Olympics from a terrorist atrocity, it was revealed today.

The figure is 4,000 more than the number who currently serve in Afghanistan and will see bomb disposal experts, specialist sniffer dog handlers, building search teams and regular soldiers will support the police to keep the 2012 Games safe.

The Ministry of Defence added that snipers in Lynx and Puma helicopters will patrol the skies of London.

Typhoon jets will move to RAF Northolt in west London from bases in Scotland and Lincolnshire so they can be scrambled to the Olympic site within minutes.

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My Comment: Only 13,500 troops .... I expected more.