Russian military planes detected flying near Alaska yet again, NORAD says
North American Aviation Defense Command said Tuesday that Russian fighter jets were found flying from the coast of Alaska, marking the latest incident involving Russian military activity tracking of U.S. military near the state.
Russian planes did not enter the sovereign airspace of the United States or Canada. Nollard saysadding that the aircraft is “not considered a threat.” Norad did not determine the type of Russian aircraft found or the number of aircraft.
Although Russian aircraft remain in international space, they entered us and the Canadian sovereign aviation space called the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), which is expected to identify the aircraft there, according to NORAD.
Adiz is a series of international spaces bordering sovereign spaces across the United States and Canada, both of which monitor it to detect all aircraft. Surveillance in the area is maintained for national security reasons.
The incident happened less than three weeks after U.S. and Canadian fighter jets Discovered in the Arctic. Hours later, Norad said it sent two F-16 fighters from Alaska to “go toward the Arctic.”
The U.S. military has reported on Russian military activities near Alaska several times in recent months. Norard said in December Four Russian military aircraft Flights found near the state, US military said Russian fighter jets were Detected near Alaska Last September More than 100 American soldiers It was temporarily deployed to remote Shemya Island in Alaska. The deployment coincides with eight Russian aircraft and four naval vessels, Including two submarinesclose to Alaska when conducting joint military exercises between Russia and China.
Last September, Norad releases a dramatic video A Russian fighter plane is flying near the Norad plane near the coast of Alaska. At the time, a U.S. general said: “A Russian Su-35 is not safe, unprofessional and endangered.”
Last July, US military says intercept Four Russian and Chinese bombers in international airspace near the Alaska coast.
Norad said it uses “a network of satellite, ground and aerial radars and fighters to detect and track aircraft and provides appropriate action for appropriate measures” and is “still ready to adopt many response options to defend North America. ”.
