I was responding to this: > our aircraft carriers are only there so that half a world away, China is deterred from invading China Particularly the "only". As

I was responding to this: > our aircraft carriers are only there so that half a world away, China is deterred from invading China Particularly the "only". As long as we have bases and mutual defense treaties in the area, we will keep aircraft carriers and the like in the area. > China is going to invade both of them too and we dont want that to happen? North Korea is going to invade both of them? South Korea and Japan are going to fight each other? If thats not what you were referring to then I dont know Mostly the top two, though in the past the last one was also an issue. And not necessarily "invade"; China is already pushing around its weight in those waters.