COD BOY
Well-known member
A little story that might make you smile from a few years
back...
Two British traffic patrol officers from North Berwick had a bit
of a surprise while checking for speeding motorists on the A1
Great North Road.
One of the officers used a hand-held radar device to check the
speed of a vehicle approaching over the crest of a hill, and was
surprised when the speed was recorded at over 300 mph. Their
radar gun then stopped working and the officers were not able
to reset it.
Just then, a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the
radar had in fact locked on to a NATO Tornado fighter jet, which
was engaged in a low-flying exercise over the Border district,
approaching from the North Sea.
Back at police headquarters the chief constable fired off a
typically self-righteous complaint to the RAF Liaison office.
...and back came the reply from the RAF:
'Thank you for your message, which allows us to complete the
file on this incident. You may be interested to know that
the tactical computer in the Tornado had detected the
presence of, and subsequently locked onto, your hostile radar
equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it.
Furthermore, an air-to-ground missile aboard the fully-armed
aircraft had also automatically locked onto your equipment.
Fortunately the pilot flying the Tornado recognized the
situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile
systems alert status, and was able to override the automated
defence system before the missile was launched and your
hostile radar installation was destroyed.
With that thought in mind, have a great Christmas!
All the best,
Adam Blair
Founder, BeatTheSpeedTrap
back...
Two British traffic patrol officers from North Berwick had a bit
of a surprise while checking for speeding motorists on the A1
Great North Road.
One of the officers used a hand-held radar device to check the
speed of a vehicle approaching over the crest of a hill, and was
surprised when the speed was recorded at over 300 mph. Their
radar gun then stopped working and the officers were not able
to reset it.
Just then, a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the
radar had in fact locked on to a NATO Tornado fighter jet, which
was engaged in a low-flying exercise over the Border district,
approaching from the North Sea.
Back at police headquarters the chief constable fired off a
typically self-righteous complaint to the RAF Liaison office.
...and back came the reply from the RAF:
'Thank you for your message, which allows us to complete the
file on this incident. You may be interested to know that
the tactical computer in the Tornado had detected the
presence of, and subsequently locked onto, your hostile radar
equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it.
Furthermore, an air-to-ground missile aboard the fully-armed
aircraft had also automatically locked onto your equipment.
Fortunately the pilot flying the Tornado recognized the
situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile
systems alert status, and was able to override the automated
defence system before the missile was launched and your
hostile radar installation was destroyed.
With that thought in mind, have a great Christmas!
All the best,
Adam Blair
Founder, BeatTheSpeedTrap
