The U.S. has scrambled fighter jets after Russian military aircraft were detected near Alaska for the second time this week.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Friday that it had tracked and intercepted two Russian TU-142 military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
An ADIZ is the area around sovereign airspace that requires any aircraft entering it to give information on its planned course, destination, and any additional details about its trip. It stretches 150 miles from the American coastline, while U.S. territorial airspace and waters start 12 miles from the coastline.
NORAD said in a statement that the Russian aircraft stayed in international airspace and that their activity in the Alaska ADIZ “occurs regularly and is not seen as a threat.”
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