The North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) deployed fighter jets to identify and intercept four Russian military aircraft flying nearby Alaska on Wednesday, CBS News reported.

This is the second incident of its kind within a month. Previously, in August, the US military intercepted a similar situation where US fighter jets responded to Russian aircraft in the same manner in the same region, according to CBS. Also Read | Russian jet causes American drone to crash over Black Sea: US

CBS also reported that NORAD dispatched an E-3 early warning aircraft, four F-16 fighter jets, and four KC-135 tanker planes to observe and intercept the Russian aircraft. Officials confirmed that the planes did not cross into US or Canadian sovereign airspace.

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