God Bless the RAF Dec 17, 2007 11:49 AM Picked upon Reuters earlier today. 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 RAF 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" So - what would be the fine on that one!
rsr72,
Sep 26, 4:50am
Love the 'hostile' radar bit.
saki,
Sep 26, 4:56am
urban myth, recieved it ages ago.
dlegg,
Sep 26, 5:01am
Spelling is not your greatest talent
tigertim20,
Sep 26, 5:14am
No one cares what you think.
pitchey,
Sep 26, 10:49am
Necro.
richardmayes,
Sep 26, 6:36pm
I'm sure I've heard the same story but it's a stealth fighter and it's in the US.
Urban myth for sure.
klrider,
Sep 26, 6:38pm
BS
gedo1,
Sep 26, 8:00pm
An amusing but untrue tale.Do the checks and you will find this never happened but was the result of a made up humourous story that got picked up and then expanded until it went world wide.Doesn't matter though because it is still amusing!
budgel,
Sep 27, 12:54am
Do country folk have myths, or are they all urban!
un_known,
Nov 23, 3:41pm
ya never seen a redneck talking about ufo sightings! Aliens arent stupid they choose to visit rednecks cause they know no one will believe their story.
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