Watch where you point that thing!

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Thu 2 Nov 2006 21:45
Watch where you point that thing! - psi
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/6110844.stm

here's the blurb: "The Ministry of Defence has admitted that a fault at a radar dome was responsible for causing electrical problems with dozens of cars."
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Thu 2 Nov 2006 23:50
Watch where you point that thing! - frazerjp
This could be interesting how much the local garage made in that period of time!
Isn't there a silimar thing happening on the M1 near Midlands airport that is causing interference with car's electronics?
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Fri 3 Nov 2006 00:25
Watch where you point that thing! - Stuartli
>>a silimar thing happening on the M1 near Midlands airport >>

Glad I'm not going through Melbourne or Donington in the near future...:-)
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Fri 3 Nov 2006 00:25
Watch where you point that thing! - Stuartli
At first I though the thread referred to the other half.......
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Sat 4 Nov 2006 00:11
Watch where you point that thing! - J Bonington Jagworth
Howcome nobody noticed that it was 'out of alignment'? Aim is pretty crucial to the operation of radar sets, so the fact that it wasn't spotted for several months doesn't inspire much confidence in our preparedness for whatever it's supposed to be warning us about!

I love the typical MOD response when confronted with evidence that the problem still exists, i.e. flat denial - until the evidence becomes overwhelming, presumably.
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Sat 4 Nov 2006 00:12
Watch where you point that thing! - J Bonington Jagworth
I meant to add that there's a bit more on the story here:
www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/03/radar_mystery_sol.../
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Sat 4 Nov 2006 16:47
Watch where you point that thing! - Hamsafar
"By the time she reached the local garage, "the electric windows and indicators had also failed". She then had to shell out £300 for a new main fuse box, and admitted she was "frightened to turn off the ignition in case the car packed in all together".

He he he money, money, beautiful money! thought the garage!

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Sat 4 Nov 2006 17:18
Watch where you point that thing! - JH
It's Russia's fault. The radar got a regular testing when they used send bombers out to test our response. "Bears" weren't they? Then you got to see Lightnings from the playground.
JH
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