Careful when using your personal radar system

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Posted by Bill S on November 18, 2007 at 1:33:59 pm EST

A friend forwarded this to me. You might find it amusing -


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 550 mph. Their radar
suddenly stopped working and the officers were not able to reset it.
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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.
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Back at police headquarters the chief constable fired off a stiff
complaint to the RAF Liaison office.
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Back came the reply in true laconic RAF style:
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"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 defense
system before the missile was launched and your hostile radar
installation was destroyed.

Good Day..."

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