NORAD detects, tracks Russian bombers near Alaska in international airspace

NORAD detected and tracked Russian aircraft in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, but noted that these were likely not posing threats.

Images Show NORAD Planes Escort Russian Aircraft Near Alaska

Aircraft are expected to identify themselves in the ADIZ, which starts where sovereign airspace ends, around 12 miles from the coast. NORAD said that it intercepted four Russian aircraft which had ...

7.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia briefly triggers Alaska, Pacific tsunami warning. See how the powerful waves work.

A 7.8 magnitude undersea earthquake near Russia caused a tsunami scare. Here's why we fear the destructive waves ...
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Tsunami Advisory in Alaska canceled after large quake strikes off Russia near site of July's historic temblor

A 7.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia triggered a Tsunami Advisory for the Aleutian Islands in Alaska on Thursday, but the ...
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From Alaska to Ukraine: Russia’s Empire of Imagined Returns

Russia’s appetite for its past has always been ravenous.  Nothing illustrates it better than Moscow’s fixation on Alaska, a fixation less about America’s frontier than about Ukraine’s survival. When ...
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Russia's secretive military base located just 300 miles from Alaska keeps US on alert

Russia fortified a disputed territory in the Arctic near Alaska with a military base that could pose a massive threat to NATO ...