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This Russian activity in the Alaskan and Canadian ADIZ occurs regularly and is not seen as a threat.
Glad to see that in there because I was worried for a moment that my first reaction to seeing the headline being "this probably happens all the time and someone just decided that now is a good time to tell us all about it for some specific reason" was too cynical.
the only period when it stopped happening much was when the Russians were super-broke and in a friendly period. That went away very soon after the Yeltsin-Putin transition.
Russia has been restoring its military presence in the Arctic. In the past decade, it has revitalized Soviet-era bases, deployed missile defense systems, invested in domain awareness capabilities, increased aerial and maritime patrols, and stepped up its exercise schedule.
In response, NATO members and (the U.S., Canada, Sweden, Finland) increased their own regional military capabilities with a commensurate uptick in exercises, deployments, patrols, and capability investments.
You can see some information in the Arctic Military Activity Tracker.
Makes sense to do a test when we did such a big buildup and are busy in another area. If any leader was going to pull away so muhc it interfered with our defense entwork it would most likely be trump.
Yeah; seems like a no-brainer for Russia; just look at the cost/benefit; they fielded two jets that did some useful reconnaissance, and in return the US and Canada expended millions in a show of force that accomplished nothing else.