Near Alaska: Russian and Chinese Bombers Team Up for Provocative Patrol

Russia and China announced that their nuclear-capable strategic bombers conducted a joint patrol near Alaska in the North Pacific and Arctic, according to Reuters.

Earlier, US and Canadian officials reported tracking four Russian warplanes flying over international waters near Alaska, prompting the dispatch of US and Canadian fighter jets. A statement from Moscow's Ministry of Defense confirmed that Tu-95 and Xi'an H-6 strategic bombers patrolled over the Chukchi and Bering Seas and the North Pacific Ocean.

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