Russian Bombers Buzzed Alaska & California On July 4th

by JASmius



....again:

Four Russian long-range bombers flew so close to U.S. shores on [Independence Day] that U.S. military fighter jets were forced to intercept them.

According to ABC News, one set of bombers flew near Alaska while a second set just thirty minutes later flew off the west coast of California.

So it was a coordinated multiple incursion.

Officials at NORAD said that the flights over the weekend stayed in international airspace and at no time did they enter or get close to entering sovereign North American boundaries, ABC said.

That they're disclosing.

The first incident occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m. EDT on Saturday. NORAD F-22 [Raptor] fighters intercepted and visually identified two Russian TU-95 Bear long-range bomber aircraft flying in an area of international waters, officials told ABC.

The second set of bombers approached California at 11:00 a.m. EDT, and were intercepted by NORAD F-15 [Eagle] fighters.

I'm noticing a pattern here.  I'm also starting to wonder what else is going on with these near-misses.  We know that they're testing our air defense response times and capabilities and strength - airborne reconnaissance in essence.  But are the Russians monitoring some sort of ongoing clandestine operation?  Or are they establishing this "buzzing" pattern to lull our air defense system into coming to see these incursions as "routine" in preparation for one day making it the real thing, perhaps as, in turn, a diversion from a bigger and/or more comprehensive "incursion"?

The one thing we do know and can safely conclude is that these incidents are building to something.  And it's unlikely to be anything pleasant for us.