Russian and Chinese ships patrolled 'near Alaska' but were not 'a threat,' US officials say

[Eugene]

Source: ABC News

Russian and Chinese ships patrolled 'near Alaska' but were not 'a threat,' US officials say

Four destroyers and P-8 aircraft were deployed to shadow the formation.

ByTal Axelrod and Matt Seyler
August 6, 2023, 6:38 PM

A Russian and Chinese naval formation patrolled "near Alaska" last week but "was not considered a threat," U.S. Northern Command said Sunday.

"Air and maritime assets under our commands conducted operations to assure the defense of the United States and Canada," a NORTHCOM statement to ABC News said, adding that "the patrol remained in international waters and was not considered a threat."

A U.S. official also told ABC News that the Pentagon had been tracking and expecting this patrol for several weeks, since well before the exercise began. Four U.S. destroyers and P-8 aircraft were also sent to shadow the patrol.

The Wall Street Journal was the first to report on the formation.

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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/russian-chinese-ships-patrolled-alaska-threat-us-officials/story?id=102058344

[Alexander Of Assyria]

1. ... turning an ANNUAL exercise into something sinister, the propaganda is getting intense.

The West, mostly the Pentagon, has weekly/monthly exercises all over the world, near many shores…,sinister also??

Or just another way to justify a trillion dollars a year? I see Murkowski has jumped onto the potential gravy train,

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. We could make a sizable dent in the Defense Budget....

if we gave SA a bill for $250BB for providing US muscle to get their product to market. And another $150BB for the rest of the producers.

Would they pass it on to the consumer? OK, we have alternative power options now. And the true cost of gas will drive future change.

[GP6971]

3. Where was the word sinister used?

That's your description. And Murkowski has been a proponent of increased defense spending in Alaska for years .