US fighters intercepted 2 Russian bomber near Alaska

On Thursday, August 8, American and Canadian fighters intercepted two Russian Tu-95 Bear H bomber bombers over the Beaufort Sea north of the coast of Alaska and Canada, writes ABC News.

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Bombers infiltrated the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) of Alaska and Canada. The zone covers an area of ​​200 miles (322 km) from the coast, but the bombers did not cross the airspace of the United States or Canada. It is believed that this is the fifth interception of Russian bombers in this territory in 2019.

Two American F-22 fighter jets and two Canadian CF-18 fighter jets were supported by the American E-3 Sentry, the KC-135 jet tanker and the C-130 tanker.

“North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)'s top priority is the defense of Canada and the United States. NORAD operators identified and intercepted a Russian aircraft flying near our countries,” NORAD Commander Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy said in a statement.

"Whether responding to domestic airspace violators or identifying and intercepting foreign military aircraft, NORAD is on standby 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year," O'Shaughnessy added.

An ADIZ is airspace that extends 200 miles (322 km) from the coastline and is controlled for national security purposes. US territorial airspace begins 12 miles (19 km) from the coastline.

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In August 2019, two Russian aircraft entered ADIZ Alaska, but were not intercepted by US aircraft. The last interception occurred in May, when Russian planes were intercepted by US fighters after they crossed ADIZ in Alaska.

The May intercepts were the first to occur near Alaska since January, when Russian bombers penetrated Canada’s ADIZ and were intercepted by both Canadian and American aircraft.

Over the past two years, Russian missions near Alaska have occurred two to three times a year.

“NORAD uses a multi-layered defense network of radar, satellites and fighter aircraft to identify aircraft,” NORAD said in a statement. “The identification and monitoring of aircraft that are part of a U.S. or Canadian ADIZ demonstrates how NORAD carries out its aerospace warning and control missions in the U.S. and Canada.”

The US military also flies its aircraft off the Russian coast in international airspace.

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