The United States isn’t conceding the field of competition in the First Island Chain; it’s expanding ... efforts will be spread across the entire Pacific, as opposed to being able to focus ...

U.S. forces have been firmly ensconced along Asia’s first island chain for nearly eight decades now, placing a potential antagonist athwart China’s access to the Western Pacific. Policies and ...

The U.S. Army has expressed interest in operating its Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF), which hosts the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) and the midrange Capability (MRC) missile systems, out of ...

first along the Solomon Island chain, and then to the Banks and Vanuatu Archipelagos. As the gaps between islands grew from tens of miles at the edge of the western Pacific to hundreds of miles ...

Holding international forums in Taiwan and launching a shoe donation program are among efforts by President William Lai’s ...

Taiwan is a critical part of the US’s “First Island Chain” defence strategy ... envisaged to contain China from expanding into the Pacific. The self-ruled island also lies next to one ...

The Chinese are still assessed to have only modest capabilities to operate outside of the First Island Chain, meaning they ... be spread across the entire Pacific, as opposed to being able to ...