The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) reported that fighters accompanied a Russian Il-20 aircraft in the Alaska area three times last week. The press service stressed that the activity of the Russian Air Force is not considered a threat.
According to NORAD, an Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft was spotted in the Alaska identification zone. Two KC-135 tanker aircraft, two F-16 fighters and one E-3 were sent to track it.
In all cases, Russian military aircraft did not invade the sovereign airspace of the United States or Canada, remaining in international airspace.
Il-20 (NATO codification: Coot) is a military complex reconnaissance aircraft created on the basis of the Il-18 passenger aircraft. The aircraft is equipped with a side-looking radar (SLAR), radio reconnaissance and radio interception stations, as well as photographic equipment.
Earlier www1.ru reported that five nuclear submarines in Russia will be converted for Kalibr, Zircon and Onyx missiles.
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