U.S. fighter jets, including F-16s and F-35s, alongside Canadian CF-18s, intercepted two Russian Tu-95 Bear bombers and two Chinese H-6K bombers in international airspace near Alaska, within the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracked the aircraft, which remained in international airspace and did not breach U.S. or Canadian sovereignty. The incident, the first joint Russia-China bomber patrol in the region, has heightened concerns about escalating global tensions, particularly as Russia intensifies its war in Ukraine and threatens NATO allies. Details of the Incident The four nuclear-capable bombers were detected flying over the Bering Sea, prompting NORAD to deploy interceptors from Alaska. The Russian Tu-95s, part of Moscow’s strategic nuclear triad, can carry...