Russian military planes intercepted 55
miles off Alaska
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Two F-22
fighter jets intercepted six Russian military
airplanes that neared the western coast of
Alaska, military officials said Friday.
Lt. Col. Michael Jazdyk, a spokesman for
the North American Aerospace Defense
Command, or NORAD, said the U.S. jets
intercepted the planes about 55 nautical
miles from the Alaskan coast at about 7
p.m. Pacific time Wednesday.
The Russian planes were identified as two
IL-78 refueling tankers, two Mig-31 fighter
jets and two Bear long-range bombers.
They looped south and returned to their
base in Russia after the U.S. jets were
scrambled.
At about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, two
Canadian CF-18 fighter jets intercepted
two of the long-range bombers about 40
nautical miles off the Canadian coastline in
the Beaufort Sea.
In both cases, the Russian planes entered
the Air Defense Identification Zone, which
extends about 200 miles from the
coastline. They did not enter sovereign
airspace of the United States or Canada.
Jazdyk said the fighter jets were
scrambled “basically to let those aircraft
know that we see them, and in case of a
threat, to let them know we are there to
protect our sovereign airspace.”
In the past five years, jets under NORAD’s
command have intercepted more than 50
Russian bombers approaching North
American airspace.
NORAD is a binational American and
Canadian command responsible for air
defense in North America.

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Another Cold war with a nuclear holocaust in the horizon.

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