[MilCom] FW: Top This One For A Speeding Ticket

[Rick Tharrington]

I know this is a little off from normal posting, I got a kick out this
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Rick SENC. Kd4jrx


Subject: Top This One For A Speeding Ticket 


Two Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding enforcement on I-15,
just 
north of Oceanside, San Diego, California.


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 miles per hour and climbing.


The officer attempted to reset the radar gun, but it would not reset and
then it 
suddenly 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 this, it's home base location.

Back at the California Highway Patrol Headquarters the Patrol Captain fired
off 
a complaint to the US Marine Corps. Base Commander for shutting down his 
equipment.

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The reply came back in true USMC style:


'Thank you for your letter.  

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
also 
automatically 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 defence system before the missile was launched to 
destroy the hostile radar position. 

The pilot 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.' 

Semper Fi