The U.S. detected and tracked Russian navy plane that entered the Air Protection Identification Zone off of Alaska on Monday, the U.S. navy stated.
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 repeatedly and isn’t seen as a menace,” the North American Aerospace Protection Command stated in a press launch.
There was no NORAD intercept on Monday, the navy stated, including that NORAD tracked the plane as they flew by means 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.