US fighter jets intercepted four Russian military aircraft near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announced Tuesday.
The “routine” interception of the Russian aircraft, Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bombers and accompanying Sukhoi Su-35 fighters, took place on Monday, NORAD explained in a statement on Tuesday.
Such operations are ordered, as reported by the APE-MPE, when a potentially hostile aircraft is judged to be approaching too close or likely to violate its airspace.
However, “the Russian aircraft remained in the international airspace”, “they did not violate the American or Canadian airspace”, he clarified, adding that Russian flights of this type “take place frequently”, “they are not considered a threat, nor a provocative action”.
If Monday’s interception was routine, fighter pilots based in North America were ordered to carry out extremely rare operations this month: shooting down a Chinese balloon that Washington called a spy balloon — Beijing reacted indignantly, calling it a weather balloon — and three others of unknown identity. flying “objects”.
Source: News Beast
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