On Tue, 06 May 2008 10:48:57 +1000, **Rowland Croucher**
<rccroucher@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> _Top this for a speeding ticket..._
>
> Two Hunter traffic patrol officers from Newcastle LAC were involved
> in an unusual incident while checking for speeding motorists on the
>F3 Freeway.
>
> 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 Williamtown Tornado fighter jet which was engaged in
a
> low-flying
> exercise over Wyong, approaching from the Ocean.
> Back at police headquarters the Local Area Commander fired off a
stiff
> complaint
> to the RAAF Liaison officer at Williamtown. Back came the reply in
>true laconic
> RAAF 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 defense system before the missile was launched and your
>hostile radar
> installation was destroyed. Thank you for your enquiry.
Tornado????
The closest Tornado to RAAF Williamtown is in Saudia Arabia!
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/radar.asp
****ll #2
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