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NOTE: At least tiny Finland launched a warning depth charge against a Russian sub in Finnish waters.
Catastrophe: U.S. fails to intercept Bear H bombers flying in Alaska ADIZ
This is extraordinarily disturbing. There is no possible justification for it. Emphasis added:
Two Russian nuclear-capable bombers intruded into the U.S. air defense [identification] zone [ADIZ]* near Alaska last week in the latest saber rattling by Moscow, defense officials said.
The Tu-95 Bear H bombers flew into the Alaska zone on April 22. But unlike most earlier incursions, no U.S. interceptor jets were dispatched to shadow them, said defense officials familiar with the latest U.S.-Russian aerial encounter.
Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a spokesman for the U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), declined to confirm the incursion. But he said no jets were dispatched last week to intercept intruding aircraft.
The incident was the first Russian bomber incursion of a U.S. or Canadian air defense zone this year. Officials said it likely signals the start of Russia’s long-range aviation spring training cycle. Further aerial incursions are expected.
It’s not the first time we have failed to intercept Russian bombers flying near U.S. territorial air space, but it’s the first time we’ve failed to intercept Russian bombers flying near the continental United States, close enough to hit targets in Alaska with the AS-15 “Kent” long-range cruise missile.
