Fighter jets intercepted Chinese and Russian bombers off the coast of Alaska from China and Russia, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announced on Wednesday.
NORAD said it detected and tracked two Russian TU-95 and two Chinese H-6 military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Wednesday. NORAD said its fighters from Canada and the United States intercepted the four aircraft.
The command said the bombers did not enter U.S. or Canadian sovereign airspace and remained in international airspace. He also said that activity in the area was not seen as a threat.
The command added that it “will continue to monitor competitor activity near North America and match presence with presence.”
NORAD explained that an Air Defense Identification Zone “begins where sovereign airspace ends.” The zone is an area of international airspace “that requires the prompt identification of all aircraft in the interest of national security,” according to the command.
NORAD said in May was tracking four Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska ADIZ, saying at the time that the activity “occurs regularly and is not viewed as a threat.”
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