im sure the missile system they have planned will blow any aircraft into a million pieces and they will take it out well before it gets near london. more of a show of force in my eyes :evil:
Last line of defence, range of about 5 miles. You already have Typhoon jets doing a CAP so little chance of anything flying getting through. As Chris says, its show of force stuff, similar to the missile units deployed on top of the white house after 9-11. Difficult to take pictures of jets flying at high altitude, or warships in the channel, these are good photo opportunities for a sensationalist press. Just my two pence worth....
What makes you think they are protecting the general public in London?
Thats to shoot a plane down before it hits Downing Street or Buckingham Palace, If it then lands on the general public, so be it...