Two California Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding enforcement on I-15 near MCAS Miramar. One of the officers was using a hand held radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching near 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 turned off. Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in fact locked onto 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. Back came a reply in true USMC style:

Thank you for the message, which allows us to 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 onto your hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it. Furthermore, an air to ground missile aboard the fully armed aircraft had also automatically locked onto your equipment. 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 and your hostile radar was destroyed. Thank you for your concerns.

HAHAHAHA CHP bastards. If I was the USMC pilot I might have been accidentally a little "Slow" to override the system!!

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/radar.asp

has to be fake, i live a block from Miramar base, lol!! no hills on 1-15 near there

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1967 250 S
1967 280SE
1968 250S
1971 280 SE
1973 220
1974 280 S
1975 450 SEL
1976 220 D
1979 300SD
1983 300 SD
1985 230 TE euro
1986 280SL
1986 500 SEL euro
1986 190E 2.3
1990 300 SE
2003 C230 K
2004 C230 K
1987 560SEL
1987 300SDL now in canada
2005 C230
1998 C43 AMG Sold to DON
1993 190E 2.6
300TD Former daily driver Totaled
current:
R320 CDI
Ram 2500 Cummins

Yeah, but it's still funny to think about.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Sorta on the same idea about RADAR

When we bought our last boat, we were bringing it from the Calumet up to Port Washington. We were betwen Racine and Milwaukee, about 3 miles out. The wind was from the northwest, we were in steady 4 footers, taking them on the port bow, with an occasional 6-7 footer. Nobody was on the lake but us fools.

The boat had a 72 mile Furuno on it. I wasn't paying too much attention to it because nobody was on the lake. But then I noticed a return. "Hmm, another idiot" I though to myself. I'm sorta watching it, but it's quite away out. Then I take notice - this guy is moving. So now I'm looking for one badass offshore boat coming from the east. I'm watching the radar (it does not display speed of a return) and thinking, jeesh, he's moving. So I adjust range and do a quick calculation - this guys doing around 150 mph in this slop. I am really interested now. I'm teeling my and kid to keep looking for a big roostertail. Finally I see it - a Midwest Express plane coming in for a landing at MKE.

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Thank You!
Fred
2009 ML350
2004 SL600
2004 SL500
1996 SL600
2002 SLK32
2005 CLK320 cabrio
2003 ML350
1997 C280 Sport

It's great to see the respect and gratitude shown to LEO by some people.

The CHP will have it's day with the scofflaws who deem it a right to drive 150 mph in a aging MB while endangering others.

Hokey story, Snopes does a good job of busting it.

I had a buddy in the 80's who was an A6 pilot. He and his wingman were flying in California and were SLIGHTLY off their course by less than a degree. Knowing geometry tells you that at 500 knots, that translates into beingi n the wrong place by many miles in short time, and they flew over the Western White House (Reagan years). The first they knew anything was off was when the SAM's locked onto them. He said they had to clean out their flight suits. He said when they landed they had some VIP types waiting for them and the ass chewing they got made the Top Gun tower buzzing crap look like nothing.

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LOL

Tom W

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.