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Russia issues update after missile carriers flew near Alaska
Russia has said two of its missile carriers flew off the coast of Alaska in the latest incident of Moscow’s military aircraft operating near the United States.
Russia’s Defense Ministry posted on Telegram that two Tupolev Tu-95MS planes had carried out a flight “over the neutral waters of the Bering Sea near the Western coast of Alaska.” Next to the statement on Tuesday was a 60-second video of two aircraft taking off, interspersed with footage from the cockpit.
It was not immediately clear if the incident was linked to a statement by North American Aerospace Defense Command on Monday that four Russian military aircraft had passed through the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) where they remained in international airspace and no intercept was required. Newsweek has contacted the Russian Defense Ministry and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) for comment.
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The ADIZ covers the airspace surrounding the U.S. and Canada and is administered by both countries. Any aircraft flying in the zone without authorization may be treated as an enemy aircraft, potentially leading to fighter jet interception.
“This Russian activity in the Alaska ADIZ occurs regularly and is not seen as a threat,” NORAD said Monday, without specifying the type of Russian aircraft in the fifth such incident this month.
There have been increasing tensions in the region and concerns over the military cooperation between Beijing and Moscow. On Monday, a Russian-Chinese flotilla entered the Sea of Okhotsk in the Western Pacific in joint navy exercises.
Russia said last week that the “Beibu/Interaction – 2024” naval exercise would include anti-aircraft and antisubmarine weapons and that its large antisubmarine destroyers Admiral Panteleyev and Admiral Tributs were among the warships taking part in the drills.
The U.S. Navy has deployed cruiser USS Lake Erie and destroyer USS Sterett to the Northern Pacific Ocean and the Aleutian Islands. USS Lake Erie has conducted homeland defense operations in the Northern Pacific Ocean since September 18.
Earlier this month, U.S. Army soldiers were deployed to Alaska’s remote Shemya Island amid an increase in Russian and Chinese military exercises in the region.
Major General Joseph Hilbert, commanding general of the 11th Airborne Division, said on September 14 that, following joint Russian-Chinese bomber patrol drills, the deployment to the island shows the ability “to respond to events in the Indo-Pacific or across the globe, with a ready, lethal force within hours.”
Update 09/24/24, 12:20 a.m. ET: This article has been updated with further information.
JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) – Two men were arrested in separate drug investigations led by the Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs (SEACAD) task force in Southeast Alaska after authorities intercepted packages containing methamphetamine, according to the Juneau Police Department.
In one case, investigators in Ketchikan identified a suspicious package on Oct. 28, that was determined to contain around 2,056 grams – roughly 4.5 pounds – of methamphetamine. The package was delivered on Nov. 1 and picked up by 33-year-old Louisiana resident Adidas Nike Zion Brown, who took it to his residence on the 1000 block of Dunton Street, according to the Juneau Police Department.
After Brown opened the package, officers seized the drugs, which have an estimated street value of $315,960. Officers also seized a firearm at the scene. Brown was arrested and taken to the Ketchikan Correctional Center.
Brown is facing three counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the third degree, two counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the fourth degree and two counts of misconduct involving a weapon in the third degree.
In a separate investigation, SEACAD identified two suspicious packages shipped to Haines between Oct. 27 and Nov. 4. The packages were found to contain about 235 – about half a pound – of methamphetamine combined.
On Nov. 5, the packages were delivered in Haines and picked up by 30-year-old resident Austin Elmer Benedict Hotch, who took it to a residence on the 200 block of 2nd Avenue, according to the Juneau Police Department. Investigators later seized the drugs, valued at about $50,000. Officers also seized roughly $24,000 in cash.
Hotch was arrested and taken to the Haines Borough Community Jail on a charge of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the third degree.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Egan Civic and Convention Center in downtown Anchorage closed Tuesday night as a shelter for hundreds of Alaskans displaced by ex-Typhoon Halong last month.
The announcement came as over 300 people who were evacuated from Western Alaska communities were being moved from both the Egan Center and Alaska Airlines Center on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus into private, non-congregate shelters.
Shelter operations from the Egan moved to the Spenard Community Recreation Center at 2020 West 48th Avenue. That location will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., according to the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
The strong storm made landfall over Oct. 11-12 on Alaska’s western coast, leaving a path of destruction in dozens of villages in the Kuskokwim delta area. One person was confirmed dead and two others were still missing.
The Spenard rec center shelter will be temporary, according to Bryan Fisher, director of the homeland security division.
“Closing the Egan Center doesn’t signal the end of our shelter support mission or diminish the urgent need to transition more people into non-congregate housing,” Fisher said in a prepared release.
While shelter operations ended at the Egan Center, the building will still be used as a United States Postal Service center for incoming mail for those displaced by Halong. That service will stop at the end of November, authorities said.
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A new center opened Monday to provide disaster recovery services to Western Alaska residents displaced by ex-Typhoon Halong who evacuated to the Anchorage area, state officials said.
Available services at the hub include help with state and federal disaster recovery aid applications, business and homeowner loan application support, social services, and tribal identification replacement, the State Emergency Operations Center said in a statement Monday. State officials said the effort is in cooperation with Calista Corp.
The Disaster Assistance Center, located in the Calista building at 1400 W. Benson Blvd, Suite 110, will be open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Nov. 14, according to emergency officials. Evacuees needing a ride to the center can contact Alaska 211 by dialing 211 or 1-800-478-2221, emailing alaska211@ak.org or visiting alaska211.org.
Similar services have been offered in Bethel, where some displaced by last month’s disastrous Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta storm have also sought shelter.
State emergency officials in an update Sunday said that there have been 1,280 applications for state individual assistance and 491 applications for Federal Emergency Management Agency aid. The federal aid became available after President Donald Trump’s Oct. 22 federal disaster declaration.
The deadline for those seeking state aid is Dec. 9. It is Dec. 22 for anyone applying for federal assistance.
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