“This Russian activity in the Alaskan ADIZ occurs regularly and is not seen as a threat.” Source: From an email release from Canadian Armed Forces Capt. Rebecca Garand, a NORAD spokeswoman, as Russian aircraft flew through the ADIZ for a little over an hour. It approached within about 30 miles of St. Lawrence Island, a U.S. territory in the Bering Sea 140 miles from Alaska and just 46 miles from Russia.