Residents Protest Against Olympic Missiles on Roof

Just 18 days to go until the London Olympic Games, residents of a London apartment tower went to court Monday in a bid to stop their rooftop from being used as one of the six missile bases during the games.

A soldier from the Royal Artillery looks on as a Rapier missile defence system, which could play a role in providing air security during the Olympics, is shown to members of the media at Blackheath in southeast London on May 3, 2012. Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images