Isn't if funny that the capitols of the world that regularly (not for the olympics) have Surface to Air missiles are almost all in non democratic countries?
Many years ago, most cities in the USA had NIKE missile batteries to shoot down incoming bombers.
the last was dismantled the year I graduated high school.
I'm glad the British are putting in missile defense systems for this big deal known as the olympics.
And, as much as I don't want a plane I am flying to be shot down by a SAM, IF I was going to die by the hand of a hijacker with my plane hitting a building and then killing thousands of others...well then I would want the British military to save those innocents on the ground...what is the difference to me, dying either way isn't alot of fun, but taking thousands of innocents is not the way to go.