The U.S. detected and tracked Russian army plane that entered the Air Protection Identification Zone off of Alaska on Monday, the U.S. army mentioned.
The ADIZ is an space that stretches out 150 miles from U.S. territory, the place the U.S. requires plane to have their transponders on or to establish themselves.
“This Russian exercise in Alaskan ADIZ happens usually and isn’t seen as a risk,” the North American Aerospace Protection Command mentioned in a press launch.
There was no NORAD intercept on Monday, the army mentioned, including that NORAD tracked the plane as they flew by way of the ADIZ with out getting into U.S. or Canadian airspace.
U.S. territorial airspace and waters start 12 nautical miles from the shoreline.
