U.S. soldiers assigned to the 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, are training outside Utqiagvik, Alaska. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army/Pfc. Brandon Vasquez. In March 2026, Sen. Dan Sullivan said Alaska is undergoing its largest military buildup since World War II, driven by increasingly frequent and sophisticated joint Russian-Chinese operations near Alaska’s coastline. Sullivan noted that a Russian incursion into the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) occurred just ten days before his Senate field hearing in Anchorage. Since 2019, his data shows more than 100 Russian aircraft incursions, four Chinese vessel incursions, and more than a dozen joint Sino-Russian operations inside the ADIZ. NORAD commander Gen. Gregory Guillot confirmed the activity has become more frequent and coordinated. Russia and China are…
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