US soldiers stationed on Alaskan island armed with rocket launchers after Russian activity detected
Story by Josh Marcus • 14h • 2 min read
The US has deployed more than 130 soldiers, mobile rocket launchers, and radar capabilities to a remote Alaskan island, amid increased Russian military activity in the region.
The Coast Guard said it located four Russian Federation Navy vessels, including two submarines, 57 miles off the coast of Alaska on Sunday.
In the past week, officials have also detected four separate incursions of Russian military aircraft into the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), an area beyond US airspace where aircraft are nonetheless expected to identify themselves.
“The Indo-Pacific represents more than 50 percent of the world’s population, and some of the most diverse environments on Earth,” the U.S. Army 11th Airborn Division wrote on Facebook on Sunday, sharing photos of soldiers, mobile rocket launchers, and transport planes being used in the deployment.
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