US stealth fighters intercept Russian bombers off the coast of Alaska

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON — Two Russian TU-95 “Bear” bombers were intercepted by U.S. F-22 stealth fighters in international airspace off the coast of Alaska on Friday, according to North American Aerospace Defense Command.

The Russian long-range bombers flew into the Air Defense Identification Zone, which extends approximately 200 miles off Alaska’s western coast.

“At approximately 10 a.m. ET, two Alaskan-based NORAD F-22 fighters intercepted and visually identified two Russian TU-95 ‘Bear’ long-range bomber aircraft flying in the Air Defense Identification Zone around the western coast of Alaska, north of the Aleutian Islands,” NORAD and USNORTHCOM spokesman Canadian Army Maj. Andrew Hennessy said in a statement.

The Russian aircraft were “intercepted and monitored by the F-22s until the bombers left the ADIZ along the Aleutian Island chain heading west,” and never entered U.S. airspace, according to the statement.

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[mercuryblues]

1. did palin call the warning in?

[lpbk2713]

2. The TU-95 is an elderly aircraft just like our B-52s.

They have been around since the mid 1950s.

[Calista241]

3. It's an elderly prop driven aircraft fitted with all kinds of sensors.

I have questions about sending our most modern, hardest to detect air superiority aircraft out to intercept an intelligence aircraft.

Basically begging the Russians to analyze the aircraft close up while flying.

[lpbk2713]

4. I was curious about that too.

It was basically a routine intrusion.

[ornotna]

5. Nothing new

Russian Bears have been doing fly byes on US Navy ships for 40+ years.

[grantcart]

8. And we do it to them

I had a professor who had to go on them twice a year when he worked for the DIA

They do it to test reactions on each other's defense

[ornotna]

9. Yep

We sure do. Same as it ever was.

[Doodley]

6. Trump called Putin and told him it was time to complete the Russian takeover of America.

[Laffy Kat]

7. Seems pretty routine but I'm glad it's getting media attention.

At least a little.