US stealth fighters intercept Russian bombers off the coast of Alaska
Source: CNN
By Ryan Browne and Sophie Tatum, CNN
Updated 3:18 AM ET, Sat May 12, 2018
Washington (CNN) - Two Russian TU-95 "Bear" bombers were intercepted by US F-22 stealth fighters in international airspace off the coast of Alaska on Friday, according to North American Aerospace Defense Command.
The Russian long-range bombers flew into the Air Defense Identification Zone, which extends approximately 200 miles off Alaska's western coast.
"At approximately 10 a.m. ET, two Alaskan-based NORAD F-22 fighters intercepted and visually identified two Russian TU-95 'Bear' long-range bomber aircraft flying in the Air Defense Identification Zone around the western coast of Alaska, north of the Aleutian Islands," NORAD and USNORTHCOM spokesman Canadian Army Maj. Andrew Hennessy said in a statement.
The Russian aircraft were "intercepted and monitored by the F-22s until the bombers left the ADIZ along the Aleutian Island chain heading west," and never entered US airspace, according to the statement.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/11/politics/us-stealth-fighters-intercept-russian-bombers/index.html
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)They were tipped off by a phone call from Wasilla, which they originally thought was from some drunk lady looking for a ride home from the bar.
DBoon
(22,366 posts)Promising it will never happen again?
kimbutgar
(21,148 posts)Once Twitler breaks our country the highest bidder will be Russia.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Mike Rows His Boat
(389 posts)Its a propeller plane from the early 1950s.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95
Brother Buzz
(36,433 posts)It's pulled by four wicked cool contra-rotating propellers, and arguably the nosiest airplane in the sky
Mike Rows His Boat
(389 posts)oneshooter
(8,614 posts)They are VERY noisy.
Nitram
(22,801 posts)response times and monitor communications and radar frequencies. They learn a lot about air defenses that way.
Mike Rows His Boat
(389 posts)Nitram
(22,801 posts)which frequencies air defenses are using to communicate, listen in on procedures, and much more.
TheSmarterDog
(794 posts)oneshooter
(8,614 posts)the B52 is a little faster 650mph vs. 575
xor
(1,204 posts)You're probably comparing combat radius to range. The TU-95 apparently does have a little bit more range, but it's not double the range.
Not that this matters.