In the Alaska Aircraft zone, the US was recorded by a Russian military aircraft: what is known
It did not go beyond the established air borders and moved in the international space, as reported in the department. They point out that Russian activity within the activities of the air defense system is often. This was reported on February 18 on the official site of Norad. During his stay in the international space, the aircraft, which was not indicated in the message of the department, did not try to cross the air borders of Canada or the US.
It is regarded by the command of the command as safe. "This Russian activity in the Alaska air defense zone is regular and is not considered as a threat," the Norad reports. The department also noted that they are constantly supervising in the international airspace "in the interests of national security".
NORAD safety is supervised by a large multilayered satellite, ground and on-board radar and fighter system to use a variety of options to protect North America's sovereignty and safety at any time. We will remind, a similar case has happened recently when the Russian military reconnaissance aircraft Su-24MR was recorded over the territory of Poland. He flew a distance of 6. 5 km from the border from the side of the Krulivtsi (Kaliningrad) region, stayed over Poland for a while and returned.
The Russians explained the incident by the fact that there was a "failure". It became known on February 12. Also, the incident with the Russian military aviation happened when the C-400 RF SPR aimed at the French Navy Patrol Plane at the Atlantique 2 in the Baltic Sea. He acted within the NATO mission, and was suddenly illuminated by the radar of the Russian air defense.