The flight of Russian military planes near Alaska for the fourth time since September 11, 2001

According to Isna, the North American Aerospace Defense Command known as “NORAD”, which is a joint military organization between the United States and Canada, announced that on Sunday, 2 Russian military aircraft of the Ilyushin IL-38 model were shot down while conducting operations in the air defense reconnaissance area. Alaska were identified and intercepted.

According to the statement of this military organization, this plane remained in the international airspace and did not enter the airspace of the United States or Canada, and that the activity of the Russian planes in the Alaska air defense detection zone occurred normally and is not believed to be threatening.

According to “Fox News“, Norad stated that the Russian military planes had such maneuvers in this area three more times in the last seven days on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, but they still remained in the international airspace and were not considered as a threat. .

Last Wednesday, Norad announced for the first time that it had detected 2 Russian military planes in this area.

According to the announcement of this joint military command of Washington and Ottawa, on Friday, 2 Russian Tupolev TU-142 aircraft were detected in this area near Alaska. On Saturday, 2 Russian Ilyushin IL-38 aircraft were intercepted in this area.

The NORAD command says it uses a multi-layered defense network with satellites, ground-based and airborne radars, and fighters to identify and intercept birds approaching Alaska’s territory.

Earlier this summer, Norad announced that it had intercepted 2 Russian military planes and 2 Chinese bombers while flying near Alaska for the first time.

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