{"id":45731,"date":"2023-08-07T19:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/08\/07\/us-navy-ships-shadowed-russian-chinese-flotilla-off-alaskan-islands\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:14:56","slug":"us-navy-ships-shadowed-russian-chinese-flotilla-off-alaskan-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/08\/07\/us-navy-ships-shadowed-russian-chinese-flotilla-off-alaskan-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy ships shadowed Russian-Chinese flotilla off Alaskan islands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The U.S. Navy shadowed a fleet of Russian and Chinese vessels off Alaska last week, according to media reports and U.S. Northern Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wall Street Journal first reported<\/a> Saturday that 11 Russian and Chinese ships were steaming near Alaska\u2019s Aleutian Islands, citing anonymous U.S. officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Journal report<\/a>, those ships never entered U.S. waters but were shadowed by a P-8 Poseidon aircraft and four destroyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Journal report<\/a> does not note which days last week the patrol arrived near Alaska. NORTHCOM confirmed the sequence of events to Navy Times Monday but declined further comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNORAD and USNORTHCOM actively monitored the Russian and Chinese combined naval patrol that operated near Alaska earlier this week,\u201d according to a statement from the command. \u201cAir and maritime assets under our commands conducted operations to assure the defense of the United States and Canada. The patrol remained in international waters and was not considered a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t