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Traffic cops

Postby Tequila Sunrise » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:00 pm

kinda hope this one has an element of truth to it lol


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 you and your hostile radar installation was destroyed.

Have a Good Day Sir..."
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Re: Traffic cops

Postby Wii » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:10 pm

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Re: Traffic cops

Postby Sytse » Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:12 pm

LOL! Gotta love the RAF!  ;D
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Re: Traffic cops

Postby ThomasKaira » Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:19 pm

God bless the RAF. ;D ;D
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Re: Traffic cops

Postby Ashar » Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:20 pm

LOL...That is kinda scary though...Had the pilot not realised what was going on, would the missile have launched and killed the cops? :o :-?
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Re: Traffic cops

Postby MCAntonio aka AN21 » Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:31 pm

God bless the RAF. ;D ;D

True,true....Jamming a police radar=fun!  ;D ;D
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Re: Traffic cops

Postby a1 » Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:43 pm

;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Traffic cops

Postby DONTREADMYUSERNAME » Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:34 pm

Lol! Stick it to them coppers!  ;D ;D
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Re: Traffic cops

Postby Layne. » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:06 am

LOL! ;D
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Re: Traffic cops

Postby expat » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:36 am

Nice story,but sounds more like an urban myth to me.

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Re: Traffic cops

Postby Papa9571 » Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:54 am

And the dreaded letters appear once again.......even though it is still funny.......


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Re: Traffic cops

Postby Souichiro » Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:08 am

Reminds me of a story of the "Black Buck" Vulcan that landed at Rio International with it's anti radar missle still active and the nose of the plane pointing towards the control tower :D...... The Crew strongly advicing ATC to close down radar services ;D
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