Due to the increased frequency of incursions near Alaska by foreign threats, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced Tuesday that the U.S. military will step up efforts to protect Alaska’s borders and the nation’s security.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - One hundred soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 11th Airborne Division, stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and Fort Wainwright, have been deployed to the Aleutian Islands, following what a commanding officer and U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan characterized as increased Russian and Chinese activity near Alaska.
“As the number of adversarial exercises increases around Alaska and throughout the region, including June’s joint Russian-Chinese bomber patrol, the operation to Shemya Island demonstrates the division’s ability to respond to events in the Indo-Pacific or across the globe, with a ready, lethal force within hours,” Hilbert said.
Since April 5, the senator said Russia and China have engaged in nine separate instances of “encroachment” near Alaska’s border, which he says involves roughly 25 combined aircraft or marine vessels. Alaska’s News Source requested comment from Sullivan. His spokesperson, instead, referenced his statement.
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