Russia violates the airspace ofAlaskastate of Use. The US Aerospace Defense Command uncovered a third airspace violation by one Russian military aircraft between August 8th and 10th. On Tuesday, CNN reported two violations by Russian military planes in Adiz, the international airspace adjacent to Alaska that stretches more than 100 miles from United States territory.
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The violations happened this week. Two Russian surveillance planes have entered the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone. An area outside United States airspace. While foreign planes can legally fly there, entering the area is viewed as an act of aggression, Alaska News reports, and the United States controls planes in the area.
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On Tuesday, Alaska’s NORAD region said the plane had entered Alaska’s air defense zone twice in the past two days.
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According to NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, the two Russian planes did not enter the sovereign airspace of the United States or Canada. Russian planes flying into the Alaska Air Defense Zone are fairly routine and occur a few times a year such as January, March and October 2021.
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This week’s flights land amid rising tensions between Russia and the United States, which have risen since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February. NORAD tracks and identifies aircraft in the defense zone using a “layered” network of satellites, ground-penetrating radar, airborne radar and warplanes. “We remain prepared to employ a variety of response options in defense of North American and Arctic sovereignty,” NORAD said.
On two separate occasions in the past 2 days, the Alaskan NORAD region has detected, tracked and identified Russian surveillance aircraft entering and operating in the Alaskan ADIZ. The Russian plane did not enter American or Canadian airspace. #WeHaveTheWatch
– North American Aerospace Defense Command (@NORADCommand) August 10, 2022