Russian military aircraft spotted on Alaskan coast for the fourth time since 9/11.
NORAD stated that the aircraft did not enter U.S. or Canadian sovereign airspace, despite remaining in international airspace.
On Sunday, NORAD announced that two Russian IL-38 military planes were detected and tracked within the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
In the past week, three other aircraft remained in international airspace in Alaska's ADIZ and were not considered a threat, according to NORAD.
On Wednesday, NORAD, comprised of the U.S. and Canada, first detected two Russian military aircraft.
On Friday, NORAD detected a pair of TU-142s. On Saturday, two Russian IL-38 planes were intercepted, the same type of aircraft that was intercepted in Sunday's incident.
NORAD stated that an ADIZ is a stretch of international airspace that starts where sovereign airspace ends and requires the identification of all aircraft for the sake of national security.
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