Russian Tu-142 fighter jets managed to quickly enter the US air defense identification zone.
A group of two fighter jets from the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet has made NORAD command nervous about their unexpected entry into US airspace and the Canadian Air Defense Identification Zone. According to preliminary data, the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet Tu-142 aircraft can be said, but details have not yet been announced.
According to the NORAD command, the Russian planes, however, did not pose a threat, having entered the area of American and Canadian air defense systems, Russian planes headed for Alaska and suddenly changed the direction of their movement.
“On September 11, 2022, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) located, tracked and positively identified two Russian naval patrol aircraft that entered and operated in the US identification zones. ” Russian Alaskan and Canadian Air Defense (ADZ) planes remained in international airspace and did not penetrate the sovereign airspace of the United States and Canada. This recent Russian activity in the US air defense zone is not considered a threat or provocative activity. NORAD tracks and identifies foreign military aircraft entering the air defense zone, regularly monitors the movement of foreign aircraft and, if necessary, accompanies them with air defense equipment. - declared in the message.
The purpose of the flight of Russian planes has not yet been officially named.