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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Ned Kelly on 15 January 2009, 10:45:40
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Two British Traffic Police 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 shall remain nameless) 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 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 excercise 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 laconic RAF style."Thank you for your message,which allows us to complete the file on the incident.You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Tornado had automatically locked on to your "hostile" radar equipment and sent a jamming signal back to it.Furthermore,the Sidewinder air-to-ground missiles aboard the fully-armed aircraft had also locked on to the target.Fortunately the Dutch Pilot flying the Tornado responded to the Missile Status Alert intelligently and was able to overide the automatic protection system before the missile was launched. !!
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FIRE!!! :y :y
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deffo I would send that missile with love ;D ;D
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Urban myth..... ;) The location, aircraft and verbals said to have been used varies according to location...
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Urban myth..... ;) The location, aircraft and verbals said to have been used varies according to location...
Still a good/funny story though. ;D ;D
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Urban myth..... ;) The location, aircraft and verbals said to have been used varies according to location...
Still a good/funny story though. ;D ;D
True! ;D
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.. and the thought that the RAF would carry armed sidewinders that will launch "automatically" towards any unidentified radio signal in a theatre of war, let alone on a training exercise, is total lunacy.
Kevin
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.. and the thought that the RAF would carry armed sidewinders that will launch "automatically" towards any unidentified radio signal in a theatre of war, let alone on a training exercise, is total lunacy.
Kevin
No -- that would be a USAF tactic !
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.. and the thought that the RAF would carry armed sidewinders that will launch "automatically" towards any unidentified radio signal in a theatre of war, let alone on a training exercise, is total lunacy.
Kevin
No -- that would be a USAF tactic !
HAhahahahahahhahaha ;D ;D ;D Am led to beleive RAF use Skyflash ,but i could be wrong ,I usually am though
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would of made a nice explosion over southall. :)