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- ABC News
- June 10, 2020
Russian bombers fly 8 miles from US airspace
NORAD's intercept off of Alaska comes close to US territorial airspace.
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It is rare for NORAD to provide the distances that Russian planes come to U.S. territory in its press releases, highlighting how these intercepts were noteworthy for how they occurred so close to U.S. airspace. The first group was 8 miles from entering U.S. airspace; the second group was 20 miles from entering U.S. airspace.
Russia's Defense Ministry posted video of the intercept on its Facebook page that showed the U.S. Air Force F-22's flying alongside.
\"The flight lasted about 11 hours ... at some sections of the route, the Russian aircraft were escorted by U.S. Air Force F-22 fighters,\" the ministry said in a statement that also specified which bases the bombers had flown from in eastern Russia. It made no mention of how close the bombers had come to U.S. airspace, but did highlight that in May \"U.S. Air Force strategic bombers performed flights along the Russian borders five times.\"
#Видео Четыре стратегических ракетоносца Ту-95МС выполнили плановый 11-часовой полет над нейтральными водами Чукотского,...
Posted by Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation on Wednesday, June 10, 2020
\"Russian military planes perform all flights in strict compliance with the international rules and without violating the airspace of other states,\" the ministry said.
Because Russia does not have Tu-95 bombers based in eastern Russia, the bombers are flown there from bases in western and central Russia in order to carry out the flights close to Alaska.
\"Intercepting multiple Russian aircraft demonstrates NORAD forces' readiness and capability to defend the homelands 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year,\" said Gen. Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy, the commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, said in the statement.
\"Flying air patrols protects the approaches to our nations and sends a clear message we continue executing our homeland defense missions with the same capability and capacity we always bring to the fight.\"
ABC News' Tanya Stukalova contributed to this report.
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