Russian bombers showing up in skies off Alaska on occasion has become something to be expected, and the US military intercepts and monitors such activity typically at least once every few months, to the point that it has become somewhat 'regular'.

However the presence of Russian and Chinese military aircraft together buzzing near US airspace is highly unusual and more alarming. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has announced that it intercepted two Russian and two Chinese bombers in Alaska's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Wednesday.

Specifically they were Russian TU-95 Bear and Chinese H-6 bombers, and this marks the first time ever that H-6 bombers entered the Alaska ADIZ, according to military officials.