Russian and Chinese nuclear-capable strategic bombers patrolled near the U.S.
state of Alaska in the North Pacific and Arctic on Thursday, the two countries said, a move that prompted the United States and Canada to scramble fighter jets. Russian Tu-95MS “Bear” strategic bombers and Chinese Xi’an H-6 strategic bombers took part in patrols over the Chukchi and Bering seas and the North Pacific, Russia’s defense ministry said.
military’s North American Aerospace Defense Command said that U.S. and Canadian fighter jets had intercepted the Russian and People’s Republic of China aircraft in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone . “The Russian and PRC aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace,” NORAD said.
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