Two nuclear-capable Russian aircraft encroached along American airspace forcing Canadian and U.S. fighter jets to scramble and intercept the planes.

The Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers entered an area close to Alaska, with North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) saying that two U.S. F-22 and two Canadian CF-18 intercepted the Russian planes, escorting them away from the zone.

The Russian Defense Ministry said the mission was a routine scheduled flight and over neutral waters.

Similar encounters have been increasing between NATO aircraft and those of the Russian military in recent years.

Under President Vladimir Putin’s leadership, Russia has worked to expand its military power and pushed back more strongly against the U.S. and NATO.

Tensions remain high between Washington and Moscow over a range of international issues. The U.S. is also poised to officially withdraw from the Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which was signed in 1987 between former President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet Union’s Mikhail Gorbachev.

Washington and NATO have alleged that Moscow’s 9M729 nuclear-capable cruise missile system violates the terms of the deal. Russia has disagreed and refused to destroy the defense system.

Meanwhile, the Doomsday Clock, which is overseen by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and was created in 1947 to track how close the world is coming to nuclear annihilation, remains set at just two minutes from midnight—or Armageddon.

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