A British newspaper says it has footage released by the Kremlin in Moscow that shows Russian Tu-95MS missile bombers flying close to U.S. air space along the Bering Sea “in what appears to be a warning to the West amid Kremlin fury over supplies of weapons to Ukraine,” according to The Sun, which was the first to report the event.
Must Read Alaska reached out to the office of Sen. Dan Sullivan, who said U.S. pilots scrambled to intercept the Russian Tu–95 “Bear” bombers.
Sullivan himself was intercepted by reporters as he came out of a military briefing that was related to the recent unknown objects shot down over North America by U.S. fighter jets, and he mentioned the presence of Russian bombers close to Alaska:
Although the Russia sabre-rattling along American air space in Alaska may be related to the increase of U.S. military hardware to Ukraine, Russia has indeed increased its patrols near Alaska air space in recent years.
U.S. Air Force units stationed in Alaska said intercepts rose to 60 a year in 2020, up from just 10 in 2015, according to Air Force Times.
Sullivan complimented the Alaska-based forces for intercepting the bomber.
“In Alaska, we went and intercepted those guys. So huge shout out, these are huge mission, these are not easy missions….the men and women who are serving Alaska are doing an amazing job, an exceptional job,” he said. Sullivan continued to call for greater transparency from the Biden Administration, and said that it is a view that is held by both parties in Congress.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are holding exercises in the South China Sea, including the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
China claims sovereignty over the South China Sea and has been building out islands in the reefs and atolls it occupies. Over recent years it has been “gaining effective control of the SCS, an area of strategic, political, and economic importance to the United States and its allies and partners, according to a new report released last week by the Congressional Research Service.
“Chinese domination of China’s near-seas region—meaning the SCS and ECS, along with the Yellow Sea—could substantially affect U.S. strategic, political, and economic interests in the Indo-Pacific region and elsewhere,” the Congressional Research Service report said.
In September of 2022, a Chinese and Russian joint naval mission were just 75 nautical miles from Kiska Island in Alaska. The U.S. Coast Guard monitored the the ships as they cruised close to American waters.
Today’s homeland security news comes four days after an Air Force F-22 shot down an unknown object north of Deadhorse, Alaska on the ice-bound Arctic Ocean. Recovery work is in progress to bring in the pieces from that event.
Also today, Joint Chiefs of Staffs Chairman Mark Milley said that the first US F-16 missile that was fired at an unknown object near Lake Huron on Sunday missed the target and fell into the lake, prompting the jet to fire a second missile that made contact with the object. The object is believed to have fallen into the lake on the Canadian side.
Exclusive: Video of military flight leaving Deadhorse
Suzanne Downing – February 11, 202314
A military aircraft accompanied by two Blackhawk helicopters was seen leaving Deadhorse, flying south this afternoon at about 4:30 pm. Must Read Alaska has…
Breaking: Air Force shoots down item over Prudhoe; temporary flight restriction over Deadhorse, as Air Force C-130 circles Prudhoe Bay
Suzanne Downing – February 10, 2023
The skies are empty over Deadhorse, as a highly unsual Federal Aviation Administration flight restriction has been placed around Prudhoe Bay, Deadhorse, and Kuparuk,…
Sen. Sullivan: Biden needs to come clean on what types of items are being shot down over American air space
Suzanne Downing – February 13, 2023
U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called for greater transparency for the American people from President Joe Biden…
Breaking: Unidentified flying object shot down over Lake Huron
Suzanne Downing – February 12, 2023
On Sunday, yet another unidentified object was shot down by a U.S. Air Force fighter jet. This one was over Lake Huron, north of…
Breaking: Third unidentified object shot down — over Yukon Territory this time, at request of Justin Trudeau
Suzanne Downing – February 11, 2023
A third unidentified object has been shot down by an Alaska-based F-22 fisher jet, but this one was over the Yukon Territory in Canada….
