F-22 fighters intercepted four planes of reconnaissance Tu-142 Russians who entered the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) of Alaska on June 27, “Norad said in a statement.
The ADIZ it is an area in which air traffic is monitored by the army of one or more countries, beyond their national airspace, to provide additional reaction time in case of hostile maneuver.
U.S It has established four, but 12 other countries have also created theirs.
The one in Alaska extends up to approximately 320 km from the coast.
“The Tu-142s approached 65 nautical miles (120 km, ndlr) of the islands Aleutians from southern Alaska and stayed in Adiz for almost eight hours, “Norad said, specifying that the Russian aircraft had not entered US airspace.
This is the fourth time this month that the United States has intercepted russian military aircraft near Alaska.
On May 29, the Russian Defense Ministry released images of two American B-1 bombers intercepted by the Russian air defense after flying over the Baltic and Black Seas near Russia.
Information source: Infobae.
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