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#16 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:21 pm

http://www.rin.org.uk/Uploadedpdfs/Item ... 20-web.pdf

Deviation from RESTRICTED Zone Rules or Violation of the PROHIBITED Zone will result in Interception

Contact ATC on in use frequency or Guard 121.5MHz/243.0MHz

• If Typhoon joins on left hand side of your aircraft and rocks wings, then rock your wings and follow Typhoon. Turn away from London.
• If Typhoon breaks left to right in front of your aircraft, then rock your wings and follow Typhoon. Turn away from London.
• If Typhoon break left to right in front of your aircraft whilst deploying flares rock your wings and follow Typhoon. Turn away from London .

http://gizmodo.com/5899473/raf-typhoons ... e-olympics

I know where theyre staying....

Terrorists on the ground need to be careful too... I know where their opponents will be staying as my lot are building it.. and yes, they will be pissed off and angry!!

D-Rider · #17 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:42 pm

Just an observation ..... but being as the 2 zones are over heavily populated areas, isn't it a bit late to deal with something that doesn't want to play follow-my-leader or something?

...... unless Thunderbird2 is held as backup and can capture the offending aircraft and fly it off somewhere else .......

Aladinsaneuk · #18 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:46 pm

I think it's likely there may be one warning - then abrupt action

Oh - my cynical nature tells me this is a deliberat PR event

#19 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:51 pm

D-Rider wrote:Just an observation ..... but being as the 2 zones are over heavily populated areas, isn't it a bit late to deal with something that doesn't want to play follow-my-leader or something?

...... unless Thunderbird2 is held as backup and can capture the offending aircraft and fly it off somewhere else .......

I'd hate to think of the consequences. If they didn't want to play, I doubt there is much a Typhoon could do over the area without mass collateral damage occurring.

D-Rider · #20 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:00 pm

Kwackerz wrote:
D-Rider wrote:Just an observation ..... but being as the 2 zones are over heavily populated areas, isn't it a bit late to deal with something that doesn't want to play follow-my-leader or something?

...... unless Thunderbird2 is held as backup and can capture the offending aircraft and fly it off somewhere else .......

I'd hate to think of the consequences. If they didn't want to play, I doubt there is much a Typhoon could do over the area without mass collateral damage occurring.

You wonder which would be worse:
A) let them hit the target ..... carnage .... terrorists get big blame .... UK security measures get some blame for not stopping them
B) shoot them out of the sky ..... carnage ..... terrorists get some blame .... UK security measures decried as completely irresponsible for bringing down something (that may or may not have been a terrorist) over a heavily populated area.

..... have they actually thought this through?

#21 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:30 pm

It'd do wonders for British Football...

Boom.. there goes Arsenal.. Crash.. Chelski...

But no it does sound somewhat irresponsible in theory. Hopefully the 'in practise' won't occur..

D-Rider · #22 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:35 pm

Kwackerz wrote:It'd do wonders for British Football... Boom.. there goes Arsenal.. Crash.. Chelski...

But no it does sound somewhat irresponsible in theory. Hopefully the 'in practise' won't occur..

Ah yes - there are some expendable zones ..... though Biggles, Algy and Ginger would need to be very precise ....
I dare say that Wing Commander Raymond has it all under control

BTW Your beloved Norwich did well today - avoiding the humiliation of 7 being put past them ......

#23 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:39 pm

Indeed. As we couldnt beat them, we thought it best to aide them on their way

D-Rider · #24 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:41 pm

Fair

Anything to help to avoid "the scum" from winning the league

Gio · #25 Post by **Gio** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:37 pm

We used to get Concorde over the south west doing that in the 60's, IMO who gives a damn, I certainly didn't

#26 Post by **Kwackerz** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:40 pm

Concorde had air to air missiles !?

Gio · #27 Post by **Gio** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:45 pm

Kwackerz wrote:Concorde had air to air missiles !?

LOL it was an air to air missile, used to do full blown mach 2+ runs over Cornwall.