Two Russian IL-38 navy plane had been detected and tracked whereas working in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Sept. 14, marking the third such incident in one week, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) reported on Sept. 15.
The Russian planes remained in worldwide airspace and didn't violate U.S. or Canadian airspace, NORAD reported. The flights are “not seen as a threat.”
Earlier in the week, NORAD on Sept. 11 said it detected two Russian navy plane working in the ADIZ. Two days later, the company on Sept. 13 detected a pair of Russian Tu-142 navy plane in the space.
NORAD defines the ADIZ as a “stretch of international airspace that requires the ready identification of all aircraft in the interest of national security.”
Earlier this summer season, the U.S. and Canada, which make up NORAD, scrambled fighter jets to intercept Russian and Chinese navy planes in the ADIZ on July 25. NORAD in mid-August additionally detected and tracked 4 Russian warplanes flying in the ADIZ.
According to NORAD, such incidences happen “regularly.”
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