Chinese, Russian military planes intercepted near Alaska

ABC News senior Pentagon reporter Luis Martinez has the details on the interception.

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[Landonmoto]

I live in Alaska….This has been happening a lot lately…

[poboyfloyd]

maybe they were just bomber-shaped weather balloons

[reneestevez]

The Bear and the Dragon teaming up again.

[samaipata]

What‘s wrong with that? The US has done this and is still doing it all the time!

[PrayingPanda]

International waters.... until they enter US airspace, they are all good.

[reichenau]

Just countries exercising freedom of navigation. Nothing new here

[jimmysun]

American fighter planes often fly next to China, and Chinese military fighter planes can also fly next to the United States, which is fair enough ！

[BingeSmartly]

Well the US does it in the South China Sea so they do it near American waters..

[thunderhawk]

"Two Chinese Military Planes" Shows Russian TU-95 Bear

[maternst]

Chinese AND Russian!? Well that can't be good!

[mgarcia]

Sounds like testing response time/procedures

[MarkMcintyre-jkks]

The 80s called they want there plane back 😂

Gotta love the grammar police 😂 tell me you weren’t bullied as a kid

[robschannel]

Several hundred miles off the coast is international water.

[Handsummer]

Isnt this what we do on a daily basis? Our troops are all over the world

[jimrobcoyle]

Uh, it is called "International" because it is shared with all "Nations".

[BackyardBeeKeepingNuevo]

Guess I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. Don’t call me Shirley. 😂

[Hello-plqe]

Good job ABC, glad to see the story here many hours after seeing it in Australian news

[Sharkwave]

Fallout is becoming a reality. Wake up people.

[americanpaisareturns]

Maverick: Communicating. Keeping up foreign relations. I was, uh, you know, giving him "the bird."

[cartoonerystudios]

WOW, this has ONLY happened since the 1960s. Somebody tell LBJ.