For four days in a row, Russian military planes have been sighted off the coast of Alaska. While the aircraft never entered U.S. airspace, their presence has U.S. defense officials wondering what Russia is trying to achieve.
The most recent sightings involved two IL-38 maritime patrol planes on Wednesday and two Tu-95 nuclear-capable bombers on Thursday. It’s unknown if the Air Force scrambled any jets in response.
Yesterday, the bombers entered the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone about 700 nautical miles southwest of Anchorage. This Zone is a designated region of international airspace around the United States and Canada designed to serve as a buffer for aircraft headed toward North America.
Find out what message the Russians intend with the frequent flights and what it might mean for U.S.-Russian relations moving forward. It can be found on the next page.
B 52 is jet propelled…look it up
Blow them away
Been happening for years both us and russia
Still not as bad as our own government spying on us.
You would think that Russia would improve there military aircraft by now. That plane is an antique slow mover. We have air defense systems that can take this grandpa down in a hart beat
Isn’t Russia of the Alaskan coast?
Put America’s planes near Russian ships and borders. $#%&!@*for tat
So what? Is that supposed to be scary?
If you where trying to start a war would you send your best to get shot down. Well nether would they
Read the article, it says it’s not unusual for this to happen, the US does this to Russia