The Chinese research ship detected on the coast of Alaska, says the Coast Guard

A Chinese flag research ship was detected on Friday on the coast of Alaska, said the United States Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard reported on Saturday that the Xue Long 2, a break, was detected to some 290 nautical miles north of Utqiagvik, Alaska, in the Arctic of the United States.

The XUE Long 2 is operated by the Polar Research Institute of China.

The ship was on the extended continental shelf of the United States, or ECS, which is a part of the continental platform that goes beyond 200 nautical miles on the coast, according to the State Department. It was determined that the ship was 130 nautical miles inside the EC.

“The United States has exclusive rights to conserve and administer the living and not living resources of its ECS,” said the Coast Guard in its press release.

A CO-130J Hercules coast guard, a long-range surveillance plane, responded to the ship. The Coast Guard also released a photo of the ship.

“The United States Coast Guard, together with partners and other agencies, monitors and vigilantly responds to the activity of the foreign government’s ship in the waters of the United States and near the waters of the United States to ensure territorial integrity and defend sovereign interests against malignant state activity,” said the ADM. Bob Little, commander of the Arctic District of the United States Coast Guard, in a statement.

News themezone contacted the Coast Guard to clarify how he was dealing with the ship.

Earlier this week, CBC News from Canada reported that the Canadian army was monitoring the Xue Long 2 movements in the Arctic.

In a statement provided to the CBC on Tuesday, Major Alexander Naraine, a spokesman for the Joint Army Operations Center, said the Xue Long 2 “was not currently in Canadian territorial waters.”

Canada was using a Aurora Lockheed CP-140 airplane based in Alaska to “actively” monitor the Chinese ship, Naraine said.

This comes after four Russian military aircraft They were seen and tracked Flying near the Alaska coast on Tuesday by the Aerospace Defense Command of North America.

The plane flew through an international airspace section called Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone. Although Alaska Adiz is considered part of the international airspace, it is defined as an area where the US Airspace ends. UU. Sovereign, but “that requires the list of list of all airplanes in the interest of national security,” according to NORAD.

In January, American and Canadian combat planes They were scrambled After Russian combat planes were also seen in the Arctic, NORAD said. Russian combat planes remained in the international airspace.

And in July 2024, The United States intercepted Several Chinese or Russian bombers near the coast of Alaska. At that time, American defense officials said that it marked the first time that Russian and Chinese airplanes have entered the Alaska Adiz jointly, and the first time the Chinese H-6 have invaded Alaska.

Eleanor Watson, Emily Mae Czachor and Stephen Smith contributed to this report.

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