US Sees First Russia-China Joint Bomber Flights Off Alaska
In this photograph distributed by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a H-6K long-range bomber of the Chinese air force is seen escorted by a Su-30 fighter of the Russian air force.
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The US for the first time tracked Russian and Chinese bombers flying together off the coast of Alaska, but it’s “not a surprise to us,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday.
The defense chief said that US Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command followed the planes “very closely” but they stayed in international airspace, some 200 miles (322 kilometers) off the coast of Alaska.