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.
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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.
When you’re walking in mud, it is hard to follow your tracks back.
Where was this intercept done?