The wikipedia on the first island chain has a summation of the US military strategy in the South China Sea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_island_chain ht

The wikipedia on the first island chain has a summation of the US military strategy in the South China Sea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_island_chain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_island_chain I think it is a given at this point that the US will loose supremacy in the area because of the size of the Chinese economy and the fact that the South China Sea is their home-turf.