- Joined
- Aug 2, 2011
- Location
- Skiatook
Top this for a speeding ticket...
Two British traffic patrol officers from North Berwick, east of
Edinburgh, were involved in an unusual incident, while
checking for speeding motorists on the A1 Great North
Road.
One of the officers (who are not named) used a hand-held
radar device to check the speed of a vehicle aproaching
over the crest of a hill, and was surprised when the speed
was recorded at over 300mph. The machine then stopped
working and the officers were not able to reset it.
The radar had in fact locked on to a NATO Tornado fighter
jet over the North Sea, which was engaged in a low-flying
exercise over the Borders district.
Back at police headquarters the chief constable fired off a
stiff complaint to the RAF Liaison office.
Back came the reply in true Iaconic RAF style.
"Thank you for your message, which allow us to
complete the file on this incident. You may beinterested
to know that the tactical computer in the Tornado had
automatically locked on to your 'hostile radar
equiptment' and sent a jamming signal back to it.
Furthermore, the Sidewinder air-to-ground missles
aboard the fully-armed aircrafthad also locked onto the
'target'. Fortunatly the Dutch pilot flying the Tornado
responded to the missle status alert intelligently and was
able to override the automatic protection system before
the missle launched."
:cheers: Beats any ticket I ever got!!
Two British traffic patrol officers from North Berwick, east of
Edinburgh, were involved in an unusual incident, while
checking for speeding motorists on the A1 Great North
Road.
One of the officers (who are not named) used a hand-held
radar device to check the speed of a vehicle aproaching
over the crest of a hill, and was surprised when the speed
was recorded at over 300mph. The machine then stopped
working and the officers were not able to reset it.
The radar had in fact locked on to a NATO Tornado fighter
jet over the North Sea, which was engaged in a low-flying
exercise over the Borders district.
Back at police headquarters the chief constable fired off a
stiff complaint to the RAF Liaison office.
Back came the reply in true Iaconic RAF style.
"Thank you for your message, which allow us to
complete the file on this incident. You may beinterested
to know that the tactical computer in the Tornado had
automatically locked on to your 'hostile radar
equiptment' and sent a jamming signal back to it.
Furthermore, the Sidewinder air-to-ground missles
aboard the fully-armed aircrafthad also locked onto the
'target'. Fortunatly the Dutch pilot flying the Tornado
responded to the missle status alert intelligently and was
able to override the automatic protection system before
the missle launched."
:cheers: Beats any ticket I ever got!!