U.K. Ready to Down Planes Threatening Olympics, Standard Says
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Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said U.K. ministers are prepared to order the shooting-down of a hijacked airliner if it presents a Sept. 11-style terror threat to the London Olympics, the Evening Standard newspaper reported.
“The decision to engage would be made at the highest levels of government,” Hammond told the newspaper in an interview published today. “I’m certainly prepared to make decisions.”