A Russian bomber is escorted by an F-22 off the west coast of Alaska on May 21, 2019. (Photo courtesy NORAD)


RFE/RL originally published this article.

In October 2024, the US Coast Guard spotted two Chinese maritime enforcement vessels operating alongside a pair of Russian border patrol boats as they transited the Bering Sea, just kilometers from Alaskan waters.

It was the third consecutive year that a joint Russian-Chinese military convoy sailed through the strategic…