Top This One For A Speeding Ticket
Two California Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding
enforcement on I-15, just north of the Marine Corps Air Station atMiramar .
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.. 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 (Northrop Grumman aircraft) 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
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 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
