Fox News: Russian military aircraft detected off Alaskan coast for 4th time since 9/11

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Russian military aircraft detected off Alaskan coast for 4th time since 9/11

NORAD said it intercepted Russian military aircraft off the coast of Alaska on Sunday, marking the third time in as many days and the fourth time in the past week....                        ...                        ...                            ...The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, said it detected You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login off the coast of Alaska on Sunday, marking the fourth time since 9/11 amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Russia.......Two Russian IL-38 military planes operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ, were detected and tracked on Sunday, NORAD said in a news release.......The aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, NORAD said, adding that this Russian activity in the Alaska ADIZ happens regularly and is not believed to be a threat.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The aircraft in the other three incidents in the past week — on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday — also remained in international airspace in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and were not viewed as a threat, according to NORAD.......The U.S. and Canada, which together make up NORAD, first intercepted a couple of Russian military aircraft on Wednesday.......A pair of TU-142s were detected by NORAD on Friday. And on Saturday, two Russian IL-38 planes were intercepted, the same type of aircraft intercepted in Sunday's incident.......An ADIZ begins where sovereign airspace ends and is a defined stretch of international airspace requiring the ready identification of all aircraft in the interest of national security, NORAD said.......NORAD said it employs a layered defense network of satellites, ground-based and airborne radars and fighter aircraft to detect and track aircraft and inform appropriate actions. The company said it is prepared to employ a number of response options to defend North America.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Earlier this summer, NORAD intercepted two Russian and two Chinese bombers flying near Alaska for the first time that the two countries have been intercepted while operating together, U.S. officials said at the time....

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