15 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The United States Government has alerted that four Russian fighters flew last Sunday near the airspace of the state of Alaska, specifying that it is an activity that occurs regularly and is not considered a threat.
This was reported this Tuesday in a statement by the Aerospace Defense Command of Aerospace Defense (NORAD), which detected, tracked and identified four Russian aircraft within the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) of Alaska. The ADIZ is the airspace of a country plus an additional perimeter monitored by the Armed Forces.
“Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter US or Canadian sovereign airspace. This Russian activity in the US ADIZ occurs regularly and is not considered a threat or provocation,” NORAD added in its statement. missive.
The United States had already anticipated this Russian activity, since since 2007, when Russia resumed its long-range aviation activity, NORAD records an annual average of six to seven interceptions of Russian military aircraft.
The discovery of these fighters – among which were TU-95 BEAR-H and SU-35 aircraft – comes shortly after the United States shot down a Chinese spy balloon and other unidentified objects over its airspace.
It also takes place when the Russian Presidency has urged the United States Government to investigate the alleged presence of balloons and other unidentified flying objects in its airspace without “blaming” other countries, after Washington has in recent days focused on Beijing.
