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    Default Zapped By Radar? Call The Mythbusters

    Two traffic partol officers from North Berwick (UK) were involved
    in an unusual incident while checking for speeding motorists on the
    A1 Great North Road. One of the officers was using 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 radar suddenly stopped working and the offricers were
    not able to reset it.

    Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar
    had in fact latched onto a NATO Tornado jet fighter which was
    engaged in a low-flying exercise over the Border District, approaching
    from the North Sea.

    Back at police HQ, 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 auto
    -matically 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 system's 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..."

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    Technically impossible on many counts. One version places it in California with USMC jets. Have a gander at some "Urban Legend" sites such as snopes, and upgrade your BS detector.

    Joe
    Of course truth is stranger than fiction.
    Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain

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    You've gone and spoiled it for me now Joe. Here's
    me thinking it was true.

    Hey Joe, it was posted in the 'jokes' forum.

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    C'mon Joe,

    I have ALWAYS believed everything Barry has
    had to say. Now you have me wondering.


    Allan

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    I once stole a calendar - and got 12 months.

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    Automated response would only be chaff and flare, unless it was a 'weasel', which it wasn't.


    Always interesting to read though, I wonder what the French version is like

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    Quote Originally Posted by Groggy View Post
    I wonder what the French version is like
    Better uniforms and sexier accents. And lots of "merd"ing.
    anne-maria.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tea lady View Post
    Better uniforms and sexier accents. And lots of "merd"ing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Hicks View Post
    You've gone and spoiled it for me now Joe. Here's
    me thinking it was true.

    Hey Joe, it was posted in the 'jokes' forum.
    Well, Yeah. Sorry to pee in the punch bowl. Mea culpa. With as much BS as there is in the world, this little bit won't matter very much. Still doesn't hurt to have an upgrade reminder though.

    Joe
    Of course truth is stranger than fiction.
    Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain

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