A Russian and Chinese naval patrol consisting of several vessels operated off the coast of Alaska last week . Alaskas Republican Sens. Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski said in a statement Saturday that a total of Chinese and Russian vessels had been operating near the Aleutian Islands and were met in response by four US Navy destroyers . NORTHCOM and the North American Aerospace Defense Command deployed planes and ships to monitor the patrol which stayed in international waters . Chinese Embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu said the action is not targeted at any third party and has nothing to do with the current international and regional situation . Russia and China have intensified their defense and economic partnership considerably since Russia invaded Ukraine in February according to a July US intelligence report and the countries have repeatedly pledged to strengthen their military ties . A research fellow at the U.S. Studies Center in Australia echoed the NORNORTHCOM repsonse that the foreign warships were not a threat to the US and said they acted according to international law just as US Navy vessels do when operating off the Chinese or Russian coasts in the IndoPacific region . The countries have intensified its defense and military relations between Russia and the US has intensified their respective military partnerships . The U.K. s Brad Lendon in Seoul contributed to this report. The report. sBrad Lendon, Brad Londond in Seoul, contributed to the report. to contributed to a report. In Seoul, Bradlendon in South America. The article was published on September 14. The American. to the article. The author: The article is published by The Daily Daily News. The Washington Post. The following article, The Washington Daily News, The Daily Dispatch. The Daily News’s Daily View, The Bulletin’S.
US military responds to Chinese and Russian vessels near Alaska . US military responded to Chinese vessels
