I got this as an e-mail today.

It's probably bullshit (I haven't checked snopes yet).

But we wish it was true.



Top this for a speeding ticket...

Two British traffic patrol officers from North Berwick
were involved in an unusual incident while checking for
speeding motorists on the A-1 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...'

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