In article , Mary Shafer
wrote:

I love this story. So British (a compliment, not a snipe).

There's a similar story, which I think I read in Straight and Level,
about a couple of policemen out on the moors (or something) laying a
radar speed trap for motorists. A Harrier whipped by overhead (shades
of the Falklands penguins) and the policemen, for kicks, acquired it
with their radar. The Harrier pilot unleashed some kind of
countermeasure, breaking the radar, and the local police complained to
the RAF, only to be told that they were very lucky that the pilot had
not pickled off the SEADS ordnance (HARM?) that had pinpointed them
and was begging, figuratively, to be set free.

I think that one is an urban legend. In a similar vein, though:

The local constabulary near one of the Harrier stations had received
reports of cars driving fast at night without headlights - well, more so
that the local population of 18 year old boys could sustain. So they set
out to catch the villains. And they did - harrier pilots with their new
helmet-mounted NVG, out to see how well it worked before they had to fly
with it.

Aetherem Vincere
Matt
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