Russian bomber jets came within 50 miles of California coast

A spokesperson for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) confirmed that two long-range Russian bombers came within 50 miles of the Northern California coastline Monday, but didn't creep into United States airspace.

The American military deployed a pair of F-22 Raptor jets after noticing the Russian aircraft had entered the outer Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) near Alaska, a 200-miles large plot that is international airspace.

The nuclear-capable planes, as Russia Today calls them, then split into two groups: two headed west toward Russia and the other two sped south toward California. Those two planes "were picked up visually" by the American pilots.

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The Americans didn't communicate with the Russian planes. A U.S. Navy official told the Washington Free Beacon that the incident appeared to be part of a training exercise and said the Russians "acted professionally."

This is the first time in two years that Russian bombers came this close to clipping the California coast.