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High Velocity Missiles (HMVs) are positioned atop Olympic complex sites. They're "designed to counter threats from very high performance low-flying aircraft. They can travel at more than three times the speed of sound."
For the first time since WW II, fighter jets at stationed at RAF Northolt near London. Warplanes and drones will patrol overhead. Assault helicopters will carry snipers to intercept unauthorized aircraft in restricted airspace.
HMS Ocean equipped with attack helicopters is involved. It's berthed at Greenwich to patrol the Thames. Other naval assets are deployed in Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour.
An amphibious assault ship carrying Sea King helicopters is included. It's able to send large numbers of troops ashore. Airborne surveillance and control aircraft will direct operations.
Training exercises were conducted last spring. This type militarism is unheard of in peacetime. It reflects readiness for war, not public security.
It's also about hyping fear to advance Anglo-American imperialism. Battlegrounds exist everywhere at home and abroad.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at Email address removed .
His new book is titled "How Wall Street Fleeces America: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War"
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