NORAD reports four Russian, Chinese military jets patrolling Alaska coast hours before Biden Oval Office address

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Suzanne Downing
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NORAD detected, tracked, and intercepted two Russian TU-95 and two People’s Republic of China H-6 military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone on July 24.

NORAD fighter jets from the United States and Canada conducted the intercept.

The Russian and Chinese aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace. This Russian and Chinese activity in the Alaska ADIZ is not seen as a threat. NORAD will continue to monitor competitor activity near North America and meet presence with presence, the agency said.

An ADIZ begins where sovereign airspace ends and is a defined stretch of international airspace that requires the ready identification of all aircraft in the interest of national security.

NORAD is a unique bi-national command between the United States and Canada. NORAD employs a layered defense network of satellites, ground-based and airborne radars and fighter aircraft in seamless interoperability to detect and track aircraft and inform appropriate actions. NORAD remains ready to employ a number of response options in defense of North America.

President Joe Biden was set to address the nation at 8 p.m. on Wednesday from the Oval Office to explain his decision to discontinue his campaign for reelection.

28 COMMENTS

  1. United States’ Ukraine support pushed Russia and Putin into the hands of the CCP The United States should have never provided any support to Ukraine! It was a mistake then. It is a mistake now.

    • Should we have embraced Putin in his illegal and immoral war in Ukraine? Just coddle the autocrat because we’re afraid of him? Giving into bullies never helps, you have to stand up to them. Putin is a bully, pure and simple.

      • So go and fight if you’re so outraged. Go save Ukraine from Putin. Nothing stops you but you.

        Seems the only person afraid of Putin is you.

      • And America isn’t? How many illegal wars have we waged around the globe? Why can’t we stay out of other countries and clean up our own house? Why do we have to be the world’s police force while our own country falls apart? Why can’t we promote peace. These war pigs in DC are bringing us to the eve of destruction on purpose so they can write of their debts caused by overprinting the currency and are picking fights now with super powers like Russia so that we are bombed into oblivion. These technocrat oligarchs running the US will allow the mass death of America citizens by the Russians and the Chinese to appeal for debt forgiveness to the central banksters. Be careful what you wish for because we are picking a fight with countries we don’t have the resources to win. Besides central banks fund both sides of all wars and they never loose. They want their global CBDCs and will allow the destruction of US to accomplish it. War is coming to the US on a level unlike this nation has ever seen. This war against Russia will not stay in Europe, it’s coming here! And anyone American who will not support peace to put a stop to what is happening in Russia and Ukraine, will soon see the bombs rain down. The current stupidity of this current administration has instigated WWIII with the Russians and Chinese. America get right with God now! Time is short!

      • Ukraine is a major money laundering place for politicians that’s why we support it and throw billions of dollars at it. They already can’t find 60 billion that went there. I imagine it’s in Biden’s pocket now for his 10%.

    • Was worse than supporting Ukraine, we overthrew their government to intervene in their neutrality and create a conflict. Susan Nuland openly stated our State Departments’ goal was to cause regime change in Russia, to move in and exploit their resources. Now Ukraine is utterly destroyed, NATO has never fired a bullet in defence. It has exclusively been used as an offensive force in an unbroken string of massive failures. As the 2nd largest nuclear power led by unstable and incompetent leadership and a brain dead puppet everyone pretends is a president, everyone is on edge.

      • It’s not “butt kissing” Putin when we’re 35 TRILLION in debt and propping up the Ukraine’s government retirement programs and other daily government affairs. Screw the Ukraine. There’s no accountability and I’ll bet money our politicians are taking a cut behind the scenes. You know, “re-election funds”. No one is borrowing money or printing worthless money and sends it to bail us out. Go fight in the Ukraine if you feel so strongly.

    • In International Airspace, so not really an intercept. More like, ” we know you’re there!” Not necessarily “news” per se. Gotta stoke the fire, I guess.

  4. Working outside today in the Anchorage/Mat-Su bowl and there was a constant flow of passenger/cargo jets and military aircraft. There has been a definite increase in air traffic since the attempted assassination of President Trump.

  6. Wouldn’t be surprised to see the odd CCP flag pop up here and there along Alaska’s remote coast.
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    Calling cards to show China Bill Walker’s people were really impressed by Biden’s Oval Office address?
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    Why not?
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    Maybe another balloon or two just to tickle the Biden Brigade, see what they do?

  8. The Chinese and Russians see weakness and disarray. They’re exploiting it. This is nothing new. What is new is to see Chinese and Russians coordinating on entering our airspace with their bombers.

  9. Didn’t the US just fly two B-52s along the edge of Russian airspace? These games are extremely dangerous. We’re playing with fire.

    • NATO did a Baltic Sea exercises and mock nuclear strike on Kaliningrad. Brilliant idea, along with UK fighter planes approaching Crimea, until intercepted and turned back. Was way better when Ukraine was neutral and Europe peacefully trading with Russia.

    • Yes, we are playing with fire. These intercepts have been going on since I’ve been in Alaska. Nothing new just make sure that we know whoever has their hand on the nuclear switch has all their faculties.

  10. In International Airspace, so not really an intercept. More like, ” we know you’re there!” Not necessarily “news” per se. Gotta stoke the fire, I guess.

  11. We don’t have leadership and the country is in complete confusion. We’re getting weaker by the day.

  12. Really not much news here. I remember ten years or more ago, I played golf every Saturday morning at the then Eagle Glen golf course at Elmendorf. The base commander was an avid golfer and reserved a half hour of prime Tee Times, and invited members of the public to play in a small stakes tournament. I was fortunate to be an invitee and played in those tournaments for a couple of years. The General played, so most of the junior officers and pilots played. Afterward, drinks and prizes in the club house. I asked one day where Capt. so and so was, since he always played. I was told it was his week to chase “Ivan”. It seemed that every week Russian Bear bombers probed US Air space in Alaska. The feeling was they were trying to see how close to Alaska they could get, hoping they might be able to get in range to skip-bomb Alaska targets, if the need ever arose. It was a regular activity all year long for the pilots, and they actually were programmed into their schedule. When radar detected the bombers, the designated pilots for the week scrambled and intercepted the planes. It was so common-place that our boys had a schedule for who would chase “Ivan” on which day. I believe that’s still going on, so I am not very alarmed by occasional stories about Russian (and now Chinese) bombers playing catch-me-if-you-can with our pilots. It goes on all the time. Technology changes fast, so every body wants to know what they can and cannot do.

  14. We can just run a psyop mission along the Chinese and Russian coast blasting speakers of Kamala cackling non stop.

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