Olympic 'missile plan' shocks London

As the U.S. makes clear it will defend Japan should China try and lay claim to the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, this Chinese announcement from mid-2012 offers additional perspective.

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British police and key organisations involved in the London 2012 Olympics on Tuesday launched tests to prepare for a possible terror attack on the event, the police officer in charge of Games security said."We recognise the terrorist threat could come from anywhere," London police's Olympic security coordinator Chris Allison told AFP, as he unveiled a series of exercises to test security, which will run over the coming year."It potentially is the biggest one for us," he added, speaking at the Scotland Yard headquarters of the city's Metropolitan Police.

LONDON (Reuters) - Embattled security firm G4S has won a contract to manage the electronic tagging of offenders in Scotland, its first big British deal since its high-profile failure to provide enough security staff at the London Olympic Games. G4S has signed a 5-year deal with the Scottish government worth 20 million pounds ($32 million), and will begin monitoring offenders from April 2013 when it takes over from British outsourcing rival Serco. ...

As tens of thousands of athletes, team officials and visitors gather in London ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony on Friday, security is paramount for the Games organizers and British authorities.

LONDON (AP) -- In a dramatic shift, British Olympic officials doubled the funding Monday to protect venues at the 2012 London Games, raising overall security costs to more than 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion)....