A Russian spy plane was spotted in Alaska's air defense identification zone twice in two days this week by the NAA . The National Defense Forces Command (NORAD) said on Tuesday.
Alaska's NORAD region detected, tracked, and identified foreign aircraft that "remained in international airspace and did not enter U.S. or Canadian sovereign airspace," the agency said in a press release. mentioned.
NORAD said it employs a "defense-in-depth network" consisting of satellites, radar (both ground and air), and fighter aircraft to monitor aircraft.
"We stand ready to adopt many response options to defend our North American and Arctic sovereignty," he warned in a NORAD statement.
According to the military's Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone extends hundreds of miles around the coast and is monitored for national security purposes.
This is how unsolicited Russian aircraft disturbed US airspace. Not the first time.
In June 2020, two IL-38 maritime patrol planes approached within 50 miles of Unimak Island along Alaska's Aleutian Line, but were intercepted without entering US airspace. .
The last time NORAD reported such a incident wasin October 2021, when five Russian aircraft were spotted within the defense zone.
Since Russia resumed her long-range air activity in 2007, there have been an average of about seven interceptions per year.
with post wire
