Russia Conducts Largest Navy Exercise Since Cold War As Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin Meet
National Defense,Defense And Security
The U.S. scrambled three F-22 stealth fighter jets from Hawaii on Sunday in an unscheduled flight that may have been in response to the presence of a Russian Navy exercise.
The missile-armed F-22 Raptors were launched from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, according to Honolulu's Star Advertiser, as a Russian fleet carried out exercises in what Russian authorities say is the largest naval exercise since the Cold War.
The exercise comes ahead of President Joe Biden's meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The two leaders are scheduled to meet in Geneva on Wednesday in their first summit since Biden came to office.
The Russian navy exercise is taking place 300 to 500 miles west of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean, according to CBS News.
It involves surface ships, anti-submarine aircraft and long-range bombers.
The U.S. scrambled the F-22s on Sunday in response to bomber flights but the bombers in question did not enter the Air Defense Identification Zone and were not intercepted.
A U.S. carrier strike group is located around 200 miles east of Hawaii carrying out a strike group certification exercise. It is led by the USS Vinson. The exercise was planned but moved closer to Hawaii in response to the Russian exercise.
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