PJMedia.com reports: “North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announced that the U.S. military intercepted two Russian and two Chinese bombers in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Wednesday ahead of Joe Biden’s speech.
According to the U.S. Army, the Tupolev Tu-95 ‘Bear’ is a ‘large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform.’ The Xian H-6 (Hōng-6) is ‘a license-built version of the Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 twin-engine jet bomber, built for China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force.’
According to NORAD, ‘An ADIZ begins where sovereign airspace ends and is a defined stretch of international airspace that requires the ready identification of all aircraft in the interest of national security.’…”
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