NORAD is a binational American and Canadian command responsible for air defence in No
@ West Lakes....since Sept 11 NORAD has sent their jets up to intercept all a/c...here is a description of them intercepting Russian Jets just a few months ago:
The aircraft intercepted this week stayed in international air space but were flying in an area called the Air Defence Identification Zone, jointly administered by Canadian and American civil and military air authorities.
The zone rings most of North America and aircraft that enter it are required to radio their planned course and destination — those that don’t can be intercepted by military aircraft.
“We monitor everything coming into our air space, so we obviously go out there, go investigate, make sure it’s not a threat,” Jazdyk said in an interview.
“They’re in international airspace so there is no reason they can’t continue, but we’ll monitor that, make sure there is no threat.”
Jazdyk says in the past five years, jets under NORAD’s command have intercepted more than 50 Russian bombers approaching North American airspace.
NORAD is a binational American and Canadian command responsible for air defence in North America.