Talivan or Taliban...the result was almost the same!!
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Two traffic patrol officers from North Berwick were involved in an unusual incident 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 suddenly 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 latched 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 stiff complaint to the RAF Liaison office.
Back came the reply in true laconic RAF style:
"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!
Good Day..."
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 suddenly 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 latched 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 stiff complaint to the RAF Liaison office.
Back came the reply in true laconic RAF style:
"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!
Good Day..."
As already mentioned, very untrue. Although the pod on the mighty Tonka used to play merry hell with mobile phone reception in the days of the old analogue mobiles (when the scanner in our ops room used to be able to pick up Norfolk weirdos conversations about tractors). The Jags used to bounce flares off the road and over passing cars in Northern Iraq back in the no-fly zone days - if they shook a fist it was 10 points and of you could bounce it over a car and then into one of the many big pictures of Saddam it was a hundred.
RAF Police use an old Skyguard Radar (Captured from the Argies during the Falklands) to check the speed of aircraft in the low flying areas and issue rollockings accordingly to those caught speeding (anything over around 470kts IIRC). I'm sure this is where this myth originated but the 'firing back' bit is pure BS.
Now the one about the pilots driving at night with no lights and using NVGs instead...
RAF Police use an old Skyguard Radar (Captured from the Argies during the Falklands) to check the speed of aircraft in the low flying areas and issue rollockings accordingly to those caught speeding (anything over around 470kts IIRC). I'm sure this is where this myth originated but the 'firing back' bit is pure BS.
Now the one about the pilots driving at night with no lights and using NVGs instead...
Negative Creep said:
It's disgraceful flying at that speed. What if a child had stepped out in front of them? And just think of the fluffy bunnies that were killed by the CO2
Yes I agree, given that speed kills (it must be true cos the government say so) maybe we should set 30mph speed limits for aircraft as well.... Will make them safer for sure....Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff