The Pentagon did not see such a high level of activity that Russian military aircraft demonstrated this week, for several years now.

This was reported by a representative of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, reports CNN.

The fourth time Monday to Thursday this week, Russian warplanes were approaching the shores of American Alaska, forcing the anti-aircraft forces to respond not only to the United States but also to Canada.

"The last two cases occurred late on Wednesday and Thursday, in the first case involving two Il-38 sea patrol aircraft, in the second - two strategic Tu-95 bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons," the source said..

Russian aircraft entered the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone around 700 miles southwest of Anchorage. That is, they flew quite a different area than on Monday and Tuesday.

The military department noted that these flights do not represent a military threat, but pay attention to the high frequency of approach of Russian military aircraft to the American coast from the beginning of the week.

However, the flights of Russian aircraft could not be called unprecedented or extraordinary.

As reported by the "Observer", the US Air Force intercepted Russian Tu-95 bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons that approached the US border off the coast of Alaska.

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