Russian aircraft detected, monitored flying through air zone close to U.S.: NORAD

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announced connected Monday that four Russian aircraft were precocious seen flying done an aerial portion adjacent to Alaska.

The craft were spotted operating wrong the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) earlier connected Monday. In a property merchandise obtained by Fox News, NORAD explained that the Russian craft did not participate American aerial space.

"The Russian craft remained successful planetary airspace and did not participate American oregon Canadian sovereign airspace," NORAD explained. "This Russian enactment successful the Alaska ADIZ occurs regularly and is not seen arsenic a threat."

The ADIZ is not considered American sovereign airspace and truthful not seen arsenic provocative. However, Russian craft person been spotted successful the portion respective times successful September.

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Day breaks astatine the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Point Barrow Long Range Radar Site, northbound of the northernmost municipality successful the United States successful Utqiagvik, Alaska, U.S. February 4, 2023.  (U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach/Handout via REUTERS)

On Sept. 16, 2 Russian IL-38 subject planes were detected successful the ADIZ, which marked the 4th clip since Sept. 11, 2024, that Russian craft were spotted successful the zone. 

On Sept. 11, the U.S. and Canada intercepted Russian subject aircraft, and aboriginal detected a brace of TU-142s connected Sept. 13.

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North American Aerospace Defense Command's (NORAD) Fort Yukon Long Range Radar Site sits nestled successful the Alaska countryside extracurricular of Fort Yukon, Alaska, U.S. March 1, 2023.  (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Patrick Sullivan/Handout via REUTERS)

"An ADIZ begins wherever sovereign airspace ends and is simply a defined agelong of planetary airspace that requires the acceptable recognition of each craft successful the involvement of nationalist security," NORAD's Monday property merchandise added.

NORAD noted that it remains "ready to employment a fig of effect options successful defence of North America," if needed.

A radar dome is illuminated astatine the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Point Barrow Long Range Radar Site, northbound of the northernmost municipality successful the United States successful Utqiagvik, Alaska, U.S. February 3, 2023. (U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach/Handout via REUTERS)

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"NORAD employs a layered defence web of satellites, ground-based and airborne radars and combatant craft to way craft and pass due actions," the connection concluded.

Fox News Digital's Landon Mion contributed to this report.