Radar Troubles

"Radar Troubles"

Top this for a speeding ticket:

Two California Highway Patrol Officers were conducting
routine speeding enforcement on Interstate 15, North of
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, near San Diego.

One of the officers was using a hand held radar device
to check speeding vehicles approaching over the crest
of a hill. The 2 officers were suddenly surprised when
the radar gun began reading 300+ miles per hour.

The officer attempted to reset the radar gun, but it would
not reset and he had to finally turn it off. Just then a
deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the police
radar had in fact locked onto a USMC F/A-18 Hornet which
was engaged in a low flying tactical exercise near the
location.

Back at the CHP Headquarters the Patrol Captain fired
off a terse letter to the USMC Base Commander
complaining about the incident.

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"Radar Troubles Reply"

Back came a reply in true USMC style:

Thank you for your letter, which allowed us to complete
the report file on this incident and close this case. You
may be interested to know that the tactical computer
aboard the F/A-18 aircraft cited in your letter had
detected the presence of, and subsequently locked
onto, your hostile radar and automatically sent a
jamming signal back to the signal source.

Furthermore, an AGM-65E Maverick air to ground
missile aboard the fully armed aircraft had also locked
onto your equipment and auto-armed its 300 lb.
penetrating blast - fragmentation warhead.

Fortunately for your staff, the superb Marine Corps
aviator flying the Hornet recognized the situation for
what it was, quickly responded to the missile system
alert status, and was successful in being able to
manually override the automated defense system
before the missile was launched and your hostile
radar was totally obliterated.

Your concern is appreciated and has been duly noted.
Received on Tue May 27 18:21:15 2008