UK puts missiles on rooftop near Olympic park

Britain's military has decided to put a missile on rooftop of the housing complex near the Olympic Park in east London to secure the 2012 Games this summer. The site is one of a number around the capital the army is considering as bases for surface-to-air missiles to protect the London games from an aerial attack, Britain's Ministry of Defence said. It is the first time such missiles have been deployed in London since the end of World War II, shocking some residents at the Bow Quarter housing development, sited in a converted red-brick Victorian match factory. Britain's Defence Secretary Philip Hammond first announced the plans in November, saying Britain would follow the precedent set by previous Olympics such as the Beijing games in 2008 where surface to air missiles were stationed a kilometre south of its showpiece stadiums.