Residents of an upscale apartment block near London’s Olympic Park have been told of plans by Britain’s military to install a missile battery on top of a tower within their housing complex to protect the 2012 Games this summer.

The site, a Victorian water tower that was converted into an apartment building, is one of a number around the capital the army is considering as bases for surface-to-air missiles to guard the Olympic Games from an aerial attack, the country’s ministry of defence said.



Peter Sharp reports from London.