Moscow causes amazement with flights to Alaska

anchorage - Russian armors were approached this week four days in a row, reaching the coast of the American state of Alaska. The aircraft then flew into the so-called State Security Identification Zone (ADIZ), the Alaska Dispatch News newspaper reported Friday (local time).

The last time was Thursday evening. Then American and Canadian fighter aircraft rose to intercept the Russian bombers of the type Tu-95. There would be no indications that Russian devices were armed.

A high air force officer said it was unclear why the Russians flew four times along Alaska. 'That should ask the Russians. If you find out, we would also like to hear the answer, 'Colonel Harlie Bodine told the newspaper.

The Russian devices remained outside the American sky but flew through the ADIZ. At that point, the armed forces try to identify the aircraft. According to Bodine, the Russians are not put in place as long as they stay in the international sky and adhere to all the rules.