asperity Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Ooooh should I really be laughing as that is pretty scarey. I wonder what would have happened to the pilot if he had just 'ignored' and not overridden thus allowing it to let rip. I guess if he had been English Pilot and was flying over Wales he may have been tempted I recon the RAF were just winding the police up because of their complaint. 'Hostile Radar Equipment' .. YEP that's about right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Couple of things. Sidewinder is an air-to-air missile which homes in on hot targets such as jet aircraft exhausts. It has no anti-radar capability at all. No missiles on ANY combat aircraft can "lock-on" without the pilot telling the computers that he wants to select a specific target. This is to avoid both international incidents when in the same bit of sky as aircraft from other countries (locking a radar on to an aircraft is seen as an immediate precursor to opening fire - and is considered to be an act of war). The same goes for radar jammers, they only respond to radar emitters which the pilot (or in the case of Tornado, the back seat navigator) identifies as a direct threat and commands action against. This is to avoid giving away the jets position unnecessarily by beaming jamming signals out willy-nilly. The Dutch airforce has never had any Tornados. Other than that, an amusing story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted October 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 WOW! Thanks for that Inky, we all believed it was true until you put us straight :rolleyes: :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Inky, you spoilsport. obs had his comments lined up then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Oh dear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Wonder when this one started doing the rounds. Seem to remember hearing or reading this story many years back. A quick troll round the web and I have tracked one posting of this story that was dated 2006. Must be one of those that they drag out on a slow news day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 The Dutch airforce has never had any Tornados. If you ever needed proof that stealth technology really does work this is it! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Pity it wasn't true.... and even more a pity he kept his finger off the "fire" button.... that would teach the sneaky coppers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/radar.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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