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The North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) on Wednesday scrambled fighter jets to identify and intercept four Russian military aircraft flying close to Alaska, CBS News reported.

This is the second such incident in less than a month. Earlier in August, the US military intercepted a similar incident in which US fighter jets responded to Russian aircraft in the same region, according to CBS.

According to NORAD, the Russian planes included two long-range Tu-95 bombers and two Su-35 fighter jets. They were flying in the Alaska Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ), which is international airspace next to US and Canadian territory.

CBS further noted that NORAD deployed an E-3 early warning aircraft, four F-16 fighter jets and four KC-135 tanker planes to monitor and

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