US official unfazed by Russian-Chinese flyby off coast of Alaska

washington - The appearance of two Russian and two Chinese long-range, strategic bombers in the skies off of coastal Alaska may have been a first, but it did not catch the United States off-guard.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters Thursday the appearance of the Russian and Chinese aircraft 'was not a surprise' and that at no time did the bombers pose a threat to the United States.

'We have