Last Updated: February 17, 2023, 07:36 IST
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Hellenic Air Force F-16 fly during a military parade in Thessaloniki. (AFP)
The ‘routine’ intercept of the four Russian planes — which included Tu-95 bomber and Su-30 and Su-35 fighter aircraft — took place on Tuesday
American warplanes intercepted Russian military aircraft near the state of Alaska for the second time this week, the joint US-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Thursday.
The “routine” intercept of the four Russian planes — which included Tu-95 bomber and Su-30 and Su-35 fighter aircraft — took place on Tuesday, NORAD said in a statement.
“Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace,” it said.
This was the second intercept — when an aircraft makes visual or electronic contact with another plane — in two days, with the first taking place on Monday.
“NORAD… assesses that this Russian flight activity…