Gov. Mike Dunleavy, in an interview with The Daily Signal publication, said military activity from China and Russia is becoming more frequent along Alaska’s coast.
The U.S. military deployed 130 Army airborne soldiers to an island in the Aleutian Chain earlier this month after joint Russia and China exercises started in the North Pacific.
“There’s been naval exercises, there has been joint flyovers … not necessarily our airspace, but identification airspace, which is between the Russian airspace and our airspace,” Dunleavy said to the Signal reporter.
“I think these are, you know, chess [moves] and probes,” Dunleavy said. “But because of the instability in the world, and to some degree, I think some of these countries are questioning America’s resolve, [so] you may be seeing more of these activities in the future.”
Listen to his interview below:
