Yep that's correct. And the main asset that navies protect are trade routes. So you can see that they would want to protect the South China Sea since that's the

Yep that's correct. And the main asset that navies protect are trade routes. So you can see that they would want to protect the South China Sea since that's their gateway to the world. But the West Coast really only connects to America, who wouldn't trade with them anyway if they took over the West Coast. So it would be totally counter-productive to send ships there.