Russian Long Range Bombers Fly Within 36 Miles Of Alaska For Second Day In A Row

Like many people both in and outside the USA, contributors hope for something better from President Donald J Trump, the businessman, the deal maker, than a quick return to the warmongering and belligerence of the Obama era. It was always obvious Trump would struggle to keep his campaign promise to disengage from Obama's wars, because Obama's wars were Bush's wars also, the profit engine of the military / industrial complex.

Sadly it is starting to look as if Trump has capitulated to the perpetual war party within his first hundred days as tensions rise in east and west between the USA and its rivals, China, Russia and Iran. The Russians and Chinese are no angels of course, they may have backed off from shooting wars over Iraq, Afghanista, libya and Syria but they have been fighting a much more subtle campaign against American interests. Unfortunately the american's don't do subtle.

Yesterday it was reported that the U.S. Air Force scrambled two F-22 stealth fighters on Monday night to shadow a pair of Russian long range bombers (they type that would be used to carry nuclear bombs) which flew within 100 miles of Alaska's Kodiak Island, Fox reports.

This was the first time since President Trump took office that Moscow has sent bombers so close to the U.S.  The two Russian Tu-95 “Bear” tactical bombers flew roughly 280 miles southwest of Elmendorf Air Force Base, within the Air Defense Identification Zone of the United States. The U.S. Air Force promptly scrambled two F-22 stealth fighter jets and an E-3 airborne early warning plane to intercept the Russian bombers.

Reports added, there were no provocations or escalations on either side, and according to a Pentagon official, the interception was conducted in a “safe and professional” manner, as the bombers did not violate U.S. airspace or break international norms.

Fast forward 24 hours when as Fox reports, for the second consecutive day Russia flew two long-range bombers off the coast of Alaska on Tuesday, this time coming within 36 miles of the mainland while flying north of the Aleutian Islands, according to two U.S. officials.
The two nuclear-capable Tu-95H bombers were spotted by U.S. military radar at 5 p.m. local time.
However, unlike the previously described incident on Monday night, this time the U.S. Air Force did not scramble any fighter jets. Instead, it launched a single E-3 Sentry early warning aircraft (AWACS)  to make sure there were only the two Russian bombers flying near Alaska, and not other aircraft flying underneath the large bombers.
On Monday, the Russian bombers flew within 100 miles of Alaska on Monday night; one day later they cut the distance to the mainland by two-thirds. U.S. territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles from shore.
The Russian bombers took off from an airbase in Petropavlovsk, Russia and returned five hours later to an airbase in Anadyr. Both locations are in eastern Russia, some 1,000 miles away.
We have yet to get an official statement from the Pentagon.

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