The Pentagon estimated antics aviation of Russia at coast of the USA.
The Pentagon has not seen such a high level of activity, which showed this week, Russian military aircraft for the past several years.
This was announced by the representative of the North American command aerospace defense.
Fourth time from Monday to Thursday this week, Russian military aircraft approached the American coast of Alaska, forcing it to respond to air forces not only USA but also Canada.
“The last two incidents occurred late Wednesday evening and Thursday, in the first case – involving two Maritime patrol aircraft Il-38, in the second of two strategic bombers Tu-95, capable of carrying nuclear weapons,” – said the source.
The Russian planes entered the zone of identification of air defense of Alaska in the region of 700 miles southwest of anchorage. That is, they flew a very different area than on Monday and Tuesday.
The defense Ministry said that the flights do not pose a military threat, but pay attention to the high frequency approximations of Russian military aircraft to the U.S. coast since the beginning of the week.
The flights of Russian aircraft could not be called unprecedented or extraordinary.
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