United States Monitors Russian Aircraft Operating in the Arctic
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracked the activity of multiple Russian military aircraft in the Arctic earlier this week.
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A Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter the Air Defense Identification Zones (ADIZ) of Alaska or Canada, nor did it breach sovereign airspace. The activity was not considered a threat, according to the official site of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
As part of its mission to maintain comprehensive Arctic domain awareness, NORAD deployed a combat air patrol from its Canadian NORAD Region (CANR) to northern Canada and another from its Alaskan NORAD Region (ANR) off the coast near the Alaska-Yukon border to closely monitor the situation.
The CANR patrol consisted of two Canadian CF-18 fighter jets and a KC-135 tanker aircraft, while the ANR patrol included two U.S. F-35 fighters, an E-3 AWACS, and two KC-135 tankers.
In the hours following these deployments, NORAD also sent two F-16 fighters from Alaska to Greenland as part of a routine agreement to reinforce its Arctic presence. This activity was not in response to any immediate threat.
According to NORAD, this defense network includes satellites, ground-based and airborne radars, and fighter aircraft to detect and track aerial threats and determine appropriate responses. NORAD remains prepared to employ various defense measures to protect North America.
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