More News On British Security Preparations For This Summer's Olympic Games

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Defending The Olympics From Terror Attack: Fighter Planes At Northolt For First Time Since WWII As Elite RAF Say They Will Shoot Down Passenger Jets To Protect London -- Daily Mail

* Missile defence systems stationed around London including on Blackheath Common and in Epping Forest
* Chinook Helicopters on standby to take to the air over the Olympic Stadium in the event of a security alert

Elite fighter pilots say they are ‘trained and prepared’ to shoot down a hijacked passenger plane to prevent a 9/11-style suicide attack on the Olympics.

Four Typhoon jets will be on standby to intercept ‘rogue’ aircraft intent on causing carnage at London 2012.

Normally the RAF’s Quick Reaction Alert jets are based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire and RAF Leuchars in Fife to defend UK airspace. But the 1,370mph planes will also be stationed at RAF Northolt, in west London, during the Olympics.

It is the first time fighters have been based at the airfield since the Second World War.

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