NORAD confirms a Russian reconnaissance aircraft was intercepted in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, an area of international airspace monitored for national security.

The United States military again scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday to track a Russian spy plane flying near the coast of Alaska, marking the fourth such incident in a week, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).

The latest interception involved a Russian IL-20 COOT reconnaissance aircraft operating within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). This zone is a section of international airspace immediately adjacent to U.S. and Canadian sovereign space, which both nations monitor as a measure of national security.

NORAD confirmed that it detected and surveilled the aircraft

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