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Yahoo
19-02-2025
- Politics
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Russian military planes spotted flying near Alaska yet again
Russian warplanes were spotted flying off the coast of Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Tuesday, marking the latest incident involving Russian military activity being tracked by the U.S. military near the state. The Russian planes did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace, NORAD said, adding that the planes were "not seen as a threat." NORAD did not identify the type of Russian aircraft that were detected nor the number of planes. Although the Russian aircraft remained in international air space, they entered a region beyond U.S. and Canadian sovereign air space called the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), where aircraft are expected to identify themselves, according to NORAD. The ADIZ is a stretch of international air space bordering the sovereign space around the U.S. and Canada, which both countries monitor in order to detect all aircraft passing through. Surveillance in the zone is maintained for national security reasons. The incident comes less than three weeks after American and Canadian fighter jets were scrambled to shadow multiple Russian warplanes that were spotted in the Arctic. Several hours later, NORAD said it dispatched two F-16 fighter jets from Alaska to Greenland in order to "forward posture NORAD presence in the Arctic." The U.S. military has reported Russian military activity near Alaska several times in recent months. In December, NORAD said four Russian military aircraft were detected flying close to the state, and the U.S. military said Russian warplanes were detected near Alaska last September when more than 100 U.S. soldiers were deployed temporarily to Alaska's remote Shemya Island. That deployment coincided with eight Russian aircraft and four navy vessels, including two submarines, traveling close to Alaska while Russia and China conducted joint military drills. Last September, NORAD posted a dramatic video of a Russian fighter jet flying close to a NORAD aircraft off the coast of Alaska. At the time, a U.S. general said "the conduct of one Russian Su-35 was unsafe, unprofessional, and endangered all." Last July, the U.S. military said it intercepted four Russian and Chinese bombers in international airspace near the coast of Alaska. NORAD says it uses a "network of satellites, ground-based and airborne radars and fighter aircraft to detect and track aircraft and inform appropriate actions" and "remains ready to employ a number of response options in defense of North America." Trump administration fires thousands of U.S. Forest and National Park Service workers DOGE "receipts" show approved spending, not evidence of fraud A$AP Rocky found not guilty on both counts in felony assault trial
Yahoo
19-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
9 shipwrecks from World War I discovered off Morocco's coast
Nine ships sunk by German torpedoes during World War I have been found off the coast of Morocco, experts announced Monday, marking the latest in a string of shipwrecks from the war to be found in recent months. The nine wrecks — which include Japanese, Norwegian, French, British, Portuguese and Italian vessels — are all located along the coast of southern Morocco, according to the Assalam Association for the Protection of Maritime Heritage, a nonprofit focused on preserving underwater archaeological sites in the region. The association did not say whether it was able to identify the ships but it posted a video on social media of a news broadcast showing historic photos of various ships and divers exploring artifacts on the ocean floor. "German submarines targeted commercial and military ships of allied countries, resulting in the loss of many ships off the southern provinces," the association said. Information about the exact location of the shipwrecks as well as a report detailing the characteristics of each vessel have been forwarded to relevant authorities, the association said. The wrecks were found more than a decade after researchers discovered the wreck of the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, a famous German ship that was sunk during World War I, off the coast of Dakhla, Morocco. Other shipwrecks from World War I have been discovered around the globe in recent months. In November, military officials in England announced that a shipwreck discovered off the coast of Scotland was confirmed to be the HMS Hawke, a British cruiser sunk by a torpedo during World War I, killing more than 500 crew members on board. About a month before that, the German World War I supply ship Titania was discovered by an expedition ship off the coast of Chile. Last September, an offshore wind farm company discovered a shipwreck believed to be the World War I vessel the SS Tobol. Policing the internet in Germany, where hate speech, insults are a crime | 60 Minutes Trump administration fires thousands of U.S. Forest and National Park Service workers Web Extra: Eric Puchner reads excerpt from "Dream State"
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
9 shipwrecks from World War I discovered off Morocco's coast
Nine ships sunk by German torpedoes during World War I have been found off the coast of Morocco, experts announced Monday, marking the latest in a string of shipwrecks from the war to be found in recent months. The nine wrecks — which include Japanese, Norwegian, French, British, Portuguese and Italian vessels — are all located along the coast of southern Morocco, according to the Assalam Association for the Protection of Maritime Heritage, a nonprofit focused on preserving underwater archaeological sites in the region. The association did not say whether it was able to identify the ships but it posted a video on social media of a news broadcast showing historic photos of various ships and divers exploring artifacts on the ocean floor. "German submarines targeted commercial and military ships of allied countries, resulting in the loss of many ships off the southern provinces," the association said. Information about the exact location of the shipwrecks as well as a report detailing the characteristics of each vessel have been forwarded to relevant authorities, the association said. The wrecks were found more than a decade after researchers discovered the wreck of the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, a famous German ship that was sunk during World War I, off the coast of Dakhla, Morocco. Other shipwrecks from World War I have been discovered around the globe in recent months. In November, military officials in England announced that a shipwreck discovered off the coast of Scotland was confirmed to be the HMS Hawke, a British cruiser sunk by a torpedo during World War I, killing more than 500 crew members on board. About a month before that, the German World War I supply ship Titania was discovered by an expedition ship off the coast of Chile. Last September, an offshore wind farm company discovered a shipwreck believed to be the World War I vessel the SS Tobol. Policing the internet in Germany, where hate speech, insults are a crime | 60 Minutes Trump administration fires thousands of U.S. Forest and National Park Service workers What to know about Delta flight's crash landing in Toronto
