Alaska lawmakers voiced concerns after the U.S. military announced it had intercepted Russian and Chinese fighter jets roughly 200 miles off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday.
The activity was “not seen as a threat,” North American Aerospace Defense Command (better known as NORAD) said in a statement, promising to “monitor competitor activity near North America and meet presence with presence.”
However, the news prompted Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, to call for more military resources in the area.
