RE: [IWAR] MIL Pentagon: Downed stealth plane won't tell tales (fwd)

["Brown, R Ken" <brownrk1@texaco.com>]

The following story is by  hypercube@cix.co.uk (who isn't me)

The Emperor's New Plane 

Something I heard at the weekend prompted me to write  the  following   very
short story, which I proffer for your collective delectation:

The Emperor's New Plane

Once there was an Emperor who ruled most of the Known World. He  did  this
very  effectively by being sure to know as little about the  world  as
possible.

However, sometimes disturbing things were seen to happen in those parts of
the world which the Emperor did not rule, and this caused him  some
disquiet. He appointed large numbers of advisors to advise him on  possible
ways to deal with this Unknown world.
 
One day his courtiers came to him with a new idea for dealing with  trouble
in outlandish places. They would make an invisible plane. With  this the
Emperor could sneak up on his enemies without being seen. The  Emperor liked
this idea and so he ordered it to be made.

And so they made an invisible plane. It was made of the finest and most
expensive materials in the whole of the Known World. The people who  made it
tested it with the latest, most up to date radar systems that  were
available in the whole of the Known World, and they could not see  it.
 
And so the Emperor was very happy with his invisible plane. He showed  it to
all his friends. They looked at it, and in fact they could see  it, but only
with very old fashioned radar systems. But they politely said nothing, as
they did not want to upset the Emperor. They agreed  that the plane could
not be seen with the most up to date radar, 
and  that it was very impressive.
 
Then one day trouble happened in a part of the World which the Emperor  had
not known was there. So the Emperor decided to sneak up on them  with his
invisible plane.

But the people who live there did not have the latest radar. So when  they
saw the plane they said:

"Look at the plane! Look at the plane! Look at the plane the plane the
plane!".

And they shot it down.

Mike
 
Posted on by Ken Brown (not the author)