On September 12, a pair of Russian patrol planes entered the air defense recognition zone of Alaska and Canada. The North American Aerospace Defense Command was able to track and identify both aircraft.
The agency notes that both planes did not pose a threat. In addition, their appearance was not considered a provocation. They remained in international airspace. The sovereign borders of the United States and Canada were not violated. To ensure national security, the US monitors the airspace at a distance of 160 km from its border.
It will be recalled that at the end of the summer, Germany had to take Eurofighter Typhoon fighters into the sky to intercept Russian planes in Europe. For several days, the Baltic airspace was violated by MiG-31, Su-27 and Il-62M.
