US intercepts Russian and Chinese bombers near Alaska

The U.S. and Canada detected and tracked the bombers and sent fighter jets to intercept them.

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[AdaMiller-wi]

Sounds like they are testing response times and manpower.

[OKZK_Bros]

Remember Russia and Alaska are only about 35 miles away from each other

[eugeneemerick]

Hire someone who knows what they are saying.

[dmarti]

It's not 'for the first time ever', it's been happening since the beginning of the Cold War. We do the same in their airspace. It's just how the game is played.

[alansmithc]

Intercept at international airspace? How you going to intercept 😂😂😂😂😂

[LR.addict]

"Would you intercept me, I'd intercept me"

Hopefully I'm not the only one to know this reference

[yys]

Provocative... You know how many US jets close to China's air space every day..

[johnsmithx]

*Russian and Chinese jets were NOT INTERCEPTED*
There were observed.
The Russian and Chinese jets completed their missions.

[I_like_dat]

USA-“hey guys….whatcha doing up here?”

China-“sightseeing”

Russia-“keeping my bomber plane away from Ukraine since somehow it’s technically safer closer to the USA”

[AnonymousBlix]

Those raptors probably watched them takeoff and tracked them all the way to this news clip

[donsims]

This is what happens when MEDIA AND POLITICIANS LIE ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF SITTING PRESIDENTS 😢

[ElliottNest]

Having weak, incompetent leadership in the White House has consequences.

[Tom-tf]

Here is the key words here ' INTERNATIONAL AIRSPACE ' !!! The US is always flying around RUSSIA !! Stop escalating nothing !!

[Larry-fw]

Fighter jets were unable to intercept any planes on 9/11 but got four bombers today asking for a pilot friend )

[tclaytempered]

I'm 70, seen a bunch of this school boy challenge B.S. BUT, we are more vulnerable than at any time in our history with Mr. Magoo, Kammy Cocktails Harris, a depleted military etc. Don't relax and joke like I just did. They're watching our responses also.

[bangheadhearagain]

We don't care. They don't want these problems.

[GENOBURRITO]

We do the same thing in international airspace all the time. Nothing to see here except sensationalism from the media.

[jeffreyhutchins]

This is fear mongering at it's finest. This sort of thing happens all the time, wait till you find out how close they sometimes fly to Aircraft Carriers.

[cool_things_collection]

A few days ago two US B-52N bombers went to the edge of Russian airspace over the Barents Sea, and the Russians scrambled two fighter jets to chase them away. This is obviously a response to that. The US should not provoke others again and again. Respect is mutual

[xinyiquan]

not intercept, those planes fly freely, the US plane only fly at their side