<p>British's navy's biggest ship HMS Ocean will be moored in the Thames river while Typhoon fighter jets will provide air cover, Sky News reported.<br /><br />The security measures have led to the costs of the games spiralling to around one billion pounds (around $1.55 billion).<br /><br />Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said around 7,500 personnel would be dedicated to venue security.<br /><br />Along with the HMS Ocean, the HMS Bulwark assault ship will carry Puma or Lynx choppers or even Apache attack helicopters, the report said.<br /><br />There would be 1,000 "unarmed" personnel plus 12,000 policemen.</p>.<p>The Special Air Service and the Special Boat Service -- special forces units -- will be on standby to react to any terrorist incident, and will be based in "secret locations" in London.</p>.<p>Originally, the security budget was set at 600 million pounds with a 238 million-pound contingency fund.<br /><br />Recently, the government announced that an extra 270 million pounds was being set aside for Olympic venue security from its total budget of 9.3 billion pounds.</p>
<p>British's navy's biggest ship HMS Ocean will be moored in the Thames river while Typhoon fighter jets will provide air cover, Sky News reported.<br /><br />The security measures have led to the costs of the games spiralling to around one billion pounds (around $1.55 billion).<br /><br />Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said around 7,500 personnel would be dedicated to venue security.<br /><br />Along with the HMS Ocean, the HMS Bulwark assault ship will carry Puma or Lynx choppers or even Apache attack helicopters, the report said.<br /><br />There would be 1,000 "unarmed" personnel plus 12,000 policemen.</p>.<p>The Special Air Service and the Special Boat Service -- special forces units -- will be on standby to react to any terrorist incident, and will be based in "secret locations" in London.</p>.<p>Originally, the security budget was set at 600 million pounds with a 238 million-pound contingency fund.<br /><br />Recently, the government announced that an extra 270 million pounds was being set aside for Olympic venue security from its total budget of 9.3 billion pounds.</p>