US military bases in the Indo-Pacific
The First Island Chain is a crucial line of defence and power projection for the US, essential to its strategy in the Taiwan strait
N Korea
Beijing
S Korea
Japan
US military
bases
Shanghai
China
Okinawa
Taipei
Xiamen
Taiwan
Philippine Sea
South
China Sea
Manila
Philippines
Exclusive
economic
zones
North Korea
Beijing
South Korea
Tokyo
Japan
US military
bases
Shanghai
East
China Sea
China
Pacific
Ocean
Okinawa
Taipei
Xiamen
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Philippine Sea
South
China Sea
Manila
Philippines
Exclusive
economic zones
North Korea
Beijing
Japan
South Korea
Tokyo
US military
bases
Shanghai
East
China Sea
China
Pacific
Ocean
Okinawa
Taipei
Xiamen
Taiwan
Philippine Sea
Hong Kong
Nine-dash
line
South
China Sea
Manila
Philippines
Exclusive
economic zones
North Korea
Beijing
Japan
South Korea
Tokyo
US military
bases
Shanghai
East
China Sea
Pacific
Ocean
China
Okinawa
Taipei
Xiamen
Taiwan
Philippine Sea
Hong Kong
Nine-dash
line
Laos
Thailand
South
China Sea
Manila
Guam
Philippines
Vietnam
Exclusive economic zones
North Korea
Beijing
Japan
South Korea
Tokyo
US military
bases
Shanghai
East
China Sea
Pacific
Ocean
China
Okinawa
Taipei
Xiamen
Taiwan
Philippine Sea
Hong Kong
Nine-dash
line
Laos
Paracel
Islands
Thailand
South
China Sea
Manila
Guam
Philippines
Spratly
Islands
Vietnam
Exclusive economic zones