Headline Roundup • February 15th, 2023
US Military Conducts 'Routine Intercept' of Russian Warplanes
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The U.S. military said Tuesday it conducted a "routine intercept of Russian aircraft entering Air Defense Identification Zone" over Alaska on Monday.
The Details: According to a statement from North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. jets "detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted four Russian aircraft" in international airspace near Alaska. The statement said this type of interaction "occurs regularly and is not seen as a threat," and that it's "in no way related" to the UFOs being shot down over North America in recent weeks. The intercepted Russian aircraft included bombers and fighter jets.
For Context: U.S. military aircraft have seen rare domestic action over the past few weeks. It began with the takedown of the Chinese spy balloon on Feb. 4, and continued as fighter jets shot down several more UFOs in the following days.
How the Media Covered It: Sources across the spectrum covered NORAD's statement, and placed the encounter with Russia warplanes in the context of other flying objects being shot down over North America recently. The New York Post highlighted how President Joe Biden "has been largely quiet about the flying objects floating over US airspace."
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The US diverted four Russian aircraft flying near Alaska Monday in what government officials called a “routine intercept.”
The North American Aerospace Defense Command said Tuesday that it “detected, tracked, positively identified” the four aircraft, which included TU-95 BEAR-H bombers and SU-35 fighter jets.
“NORAD had anticipated this Russian activity and, as a result of our planning, was prepared to intercept it,” the agency said in a statement.
Though the aircraft were operating within the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, they remained in international airspace.
The interference occurred just hours after...
Two American F-16 warplanes intercepted four Russian aircraft near Alaska, the joint US-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Tuesday. The "routine" intercept of the Russian planes -- which included Tu-95 bomber and Su-35 fighter aircraft -- occurred Monday, NORAD said in a statement.
"Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace," it said, adding that such Russian activity "occurs regularly and is not seen as a threat, nor is the activity seen as provocative."
The Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ, is...
The U.S. military said it intercepted four Russian warplanes near Alaska on Monday.
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said it detected four Russian aircraft, including TU-95 BEAR-H bombers and SU-35 fighter aircraft, entering and operating within the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), according to a Tuesday statement from the command.
NORAD officials said they had anticipated the Russian activity and were able to quickly scramble two F-16 fighters to intercept the Kremlin aircraft in the ADIZ, which covers the international airspace outside of the U.S. and Canada near the far northern state.
Two F-35A...
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