Dave Siciliano
Final Approach
One of the fellas on AvSig posted this:
Best,
Dave
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 your hostile radar installation was
destroyed.
Good Day...'
Best,
Dave
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 your hostile radar installation was
destroyed.
Good Day...'
