For the fourth time in a week, the United States military deployed fighter jets to monitor a Russian spy plane flying near Alaska. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said the reconnaissance aircraft was spotted inside the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) but did not enter US or Canadian airspace.

The intercept follows three similar encounters last week, highlighting the frequency of Russian military flights in the international zone off Alaska’s coast. NORAD said that such activity is not unusual, but it continues to monitor the region closely, given rising geopolitical tensions.

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