North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) on Wednesday announced it is conducting a planned “live-fly air defense exercise” off the coast of Washington state and British Columbia.
The Colorado-based joint military agency said the exercise will include American and Canadian fighter jets operating at a high altitude.
Despite the timing of the move, NORAD maintained this is a routine exercise that has nothing to do with any of the recent incidents, such as four Russian aircraft on Monday flying into an air defense buffer zone near Alaska, or three unidentified airborne devices being spotted and shot down, with the latest on Sunday over Lake Huron….