Britain''s military is scouting locations in the capital including residential buildings to station surface-to-air missiles during this summer''s Olympic Games, the Ministry of Defence said Saturday. "Ground-based air defence systems could be deployed as part of a multi-layered air security plan for the Olympics, including fast jets and helicopters, which will protect the skies over London during the Games," a spokesman for the ministry said in a statement.
"Based on military advice we have identified a number of sites and... are talking to local authorities and relevant landowners to help minimise the impact of any temporary deployments," he said. The ministry has made no final decision on deployment of missiles, but is evaluating sites alongside police, the statement added. Britain is mounting its biggest peacetime security operation for the London Olympics, which start on July 27.
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