US Soldiers Stationed on Alaskan Island Armed With Rocket Launchers After Russian Activity Detected

The US has deployed more than 130 soldiers, mobile rocket launchers, and radar capabilities to a remote Alaskan island, amid increased Russian military activity in the region.

The Coast Guard said it located four Russian Federation Navy vessels, including two submarines, 57 miles off the coast of Alaska on Sunday.

In the past week, officials have also detected four separate incursions of Russian military aircraft into the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), an area beyond US airspace where aircraft are nonetheless expected to identify themselves. . .

The exercises follow joint Russia-China exercises that took place near Alaska in July, which led to the first-ever Russian-Chinese bomber task force incursion into the Alaska ADIZ, according to U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska).

“These escalating incidents demonstrate the critical role the Arctic plays in great power competition between the U.S., Russia, and China,” he said in a statement Tuesday.” (Read more from “US Soldiers Stationed on Alaskan Island Armed With Rocket Launchers After Russian Activity Detected” HERE)