London 2012: Missiles may be placed at residential flats

[amcdonald]

Considering our government would have the most to gain from a terrorist attack, I'm more worried they'd let one happen as an excuse to enact even more draconian legislation

[BrilloPad]

Why?

Isn't height an advantage? And canary wharf is not so far - well it looks quite close from the pictures.

[BrilloPad]

Considering our government would have the most to gain from a terrorist attack, I'm more worried they'd let one happen as an excuse to enact even more draconian legislation

And hence get re-elected. Yep - I can see that.

[AtW]

Isn't height an advantage? And canary wharf is not so far - well it looks quite close from the pictures.

Yes but MoD would have to pay a lot smaller compensation in case somethings goes wrong in a tulipy district of London rather than in Canary Wharf