OT CHP radar....

[tireater]

Two California Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding enforcement on I-15, just north of the Marine Corps Air Station at Miramar.
One of the officers was using a hand held radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching the crest of a hill.

The officers were suddenly surprised when the radar gun began reading 300 mph.
The officer attempted to reset the radar gun, but it would not reset and then turned off.

Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in fact
locked on to a USMC F/A-18 Hornet which was engaged in a low flying exercise near the location.

Back at the CHP Headquarters the Patrol Captain fired off a complaint to the USMC Base Commander.
The reply came back in true USMC style:

Thank you for your letter. We can now complete the file on this incident.
You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Hornet
had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked on to, your hostile radar equipment and
automatically sent a jamming signal back to it, which is why it shut down.



Furthermore,
an Air-to-Ground missile aboard the fully armed aircraft had alsoautomatically locked on to your equipment location.
Fortunately, the Marine Pilot flying the Hornet recognized the situation for what it was, quickly responded to
the missile system alert status and was able to override the automated defense system before the missile was launched
to destroy the hostile radar position.



The pilot also suggests you cover your mouths when cussing at them, since the video systems on these jets are very high tech.
Sergeant Johnson, the officer holding the radar gun, should get his dentist to check his left rear molar.
It appears the filling is loose.


Also,
the snap is broken on his holster.

Thank you for your concern.
Semper Fi.

[APendejo]

Very nice!
AP

[rockman]

I wonder why the pilot over rode the automatic defense system...i would have let the missile fly...(i'm a bad boy)...

[ozzy85]

Originally Posted by rockman

I wonder why the pilot over rode the automatic defense system...i would have let the missile fly...(i'm a bad boy)...

Yeah... OOOOPS! So sorry. *chuckle*

[tireater]

Back about 20 years ago, I was anchored in Beachers bay at Santa Rosa island...F-16's were using my boat as a target to practice dropping mines..
It got old quick as 2 or 3 at a time rolled in on me...Some mines got within 100yds of my boat...
So I got out the trusty mini-14 with a folder and 30 rd clip...I squatted on my roof and pretended to shoot at them full auto...
It must have looked real as all 3 jets hit the panic button and did a series of twisty evasive moves...they didn't come back...
When I got home...the boat next to me was on the news complaining about near misses on his boat...They don't do this anymore...

[APendejo]

Years ago while fishing for corvina down at the Salton Sea we would have the same thing happen to us. The jets from Miramar would use us as a convienent target.
That was not so bad, what was really crazy was when an AC-130 would fly over then do 360's over you at about 1000 ft. We knew what they were doing.
The 130 would usually thank you for your time and , do a flyover right on the water rocking his wings. If I saw them coming in low I would pull a 25 pounder out of the ice chest and hold it up for them to see.
Don't fish down there anymore, it ain't the same as it used to be, the fish are all scrawny now.
AP

[tireater]

God bless the good old days!!!!!

[kickstart]

Is there an aftermarket radar jamming device built to Milspecs that'll tuck away on my bike?