The U.S. military scrambled a pair of F-22 stealth fighters Monday night to intercept two Russian long-range bombers that flew close to Alaska, a Pentagon official said Tuesday.
The Russian TU-95 “Bear” bombers are capable of carrying nuclear weapons, but there was no indication the planes were armed, and the bombers did not violate U.S. airspace, the official said.
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