China is expanding its military reach and presence within the three Pacific island chains with the world's largest navy.

WASHINGTON -- On his first trip to the Indo-Pacific as U.S. defense secretary last week, Pete Hegseth embraced America's alliances and reaffirmed its commitment to sustaining robust deterrence in the ...

In the western Pacific Ocean just east of the island ... the second island chain, lies the deepest point on Earth – the Mariana Trench. In the crushing darkness of this hidden realm, China ...

For one thing, it would not be an island chain occupied entirely by authoritarian societies friendly to China and hostile ... an option for the U.S. Navy. But second best in the Mahanian calculus ...

Second, the development of Second Island Chain basing enables improved distributed ... notice as it would require mobilizing across all of China prior to commencing. Arguing that Taiwan and ...