Missile Lock

jaydee · 12-11-2007, 10:51 PM

Don't know how true this is. Would be good if the RAAFys could target speed cameras and take a few out.

Two British 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...'

[Tonko] · 12-11-2007, 11:02 PM

Hahaha!
Probably BS but a good story nonetheless

**GasoLane** · 12-11-2007, 11:02 PM

Hmm, thats sounds like one I heard about 10 years ago, only in that story the Harrier locked onto the police radar and fried it.
Could be another urban legend?

trick_xd · 12-11-2007, 11:03 PM

Haha
Sounds good

Don't know how true it would be .

**GasoLane** · 12-11-2007, 11:17 PM

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/radar.asp

MAGPIE · 13-11-2007, 08:29 AM

Having lived in that area i can believe you could target a Tornado with a radar, as they fly damn low around there, but the rest sounds like BS !

Great place to live if your a plane spotter, most people look up to see planes flying overhead up there you sometimes have to look down to see them... amazing