First Island Chain is a strategic arc of islands in the western Pacific, stretching from the Kuril Islands near Russia, through Japan and down to Borneo, forming a natural barrier between mainland China and the open Pacific Ocean, crucial for US strategy to contain Chinese naval expansion and project power.
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