dba

just read this

A copper was up on the Yorkshire moors with his Radar gun, targeting cars coming over the Brow of a hill and down a sharp drop. (As they do) he had was just clocking a car, when a Tornado, (The Jet fighter type, not the wind) came over the crest at nought feet, (As they Do). The Copper got a fix, on the jet at 500MPH or so, BUT the Jets Radar protection kicked in and locked a HAARM, missile on him. Unfortunatly the pilot (Or Nav) canceled it. Shame

eh? if a jet can have a laser jammer why can't a car?

Big Col

is that story not a classic 'urban myth'

midget1500

SIAL

Sbradley

'fraid so.

Tornado carries ALARM not HARM

The missiles are £250k a pop and are not carried on training flights - they use inert rounds to simulate the load instead.

The RWR would not have been triggered by something of that power - if it were then the nav would spend his whole time cancelling threat indications for pelican crossings, supermarket doors, gatsos and so on.

I do know of a true story, though, of a journalist from a certain bike magazine zapping an (un-named, here anyway) military aeroplane with a radar gun. The pilot obviously did get some sort of warning because he went active for a half second or so and jammed the signal.

I saw the circuits inside a few minutes afterwards. Completely fried. I also spoke to a friend who was an air traffic controller in the same area (well, within 500 miles) who says that they got a massive burst of jamming (in fact the screens went white for a 5 degree segment) at around that time...

SB

carl

In the early days of Tornado, when a subcontractor was late in delivering the radar, they put concrete in the nose to simulate the load
ALARM is a cool missile -- far better than HARM. AFAIK HARMs don't lurk.

dba

its not an urban myth,its on the internet!

oh,yeah,see what you mean

but surely if it is a myth,in would end with the copper jumping out of the way of the missile and living happily ever after?