Would your radar detector go off if???

Question

I have seen some silly questions that were amusing on here [israel vs england vs cuba] so i thought i would ask one. Okay, you are a terrorist going down the road, his fellow terrorists are targeted in the car for laying down a few roadside goodies for me and my fellow friends, they are running 55 mph with an Escort radar/laser detector, I call up some friends on the radio and ask for air support, F-16 is flying over head and "paints" the car for impact of a laser guided munition, will the radar detector give away whats coming next or not? =]

Answer 1

No.  Military radar runs on different frequencies than civilian radar.  Even so, it wouldn't matter.  They would be toast anyway.

Answer 2

No it would not set off the laser detector because the pods used in an F16 are not the same type of lasers that are used by law enforcement.  An F16 paints a target with a continuous lase.  A police laser hits the target and comes back to give a reading of the speed - it's not a continual lase.  Radar detectors simply aren't built to detect it.