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NORAD Intercepts Russian Aircraft Off Alaska: Routine Exercise or Rising Tensions?

NORAD scrambles fighter jets to intercept Russian planes off Alaska – it’s the kind of headline that, honestly, has become almost expected.

The whole situation, as usual, revolves around the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ. Think of it like a sort of early warning system, an area of international airspace where we need to know who’s flying where, just in case. When Russian planes, as they frequently do, approach this zone, NORAD – the North American Aerospace Defense Command – sends up fighter jets to identify and monitor them. The key point here is that the Russian aircraft almost always remain in international airspace and never enter U.S.… Continue reading

Matt Underwood Sep 25, 2025