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OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN — In a first for Cold War adversaries, U.S., Canadian and Russian military officers directed fighter jets and ground controllers to test how well they could track an international terrorist hijacking over the Pacific Ocean.
A chartered American jet sent a mock distress signal shortly after taking off from Anchorage, Alaska, on Sunday, triggering a pursuit by at least seven fighters and a flurry of radio and phone calls between military and civilian officials on both sides of the Pacific.
Their goal: To ensure that militaries still distrustful of each other can work effectively tackling a terror threat that worries all three nations.
