Yonaguni Island is 69 miles from Taiwan's east coast. The narrow waterway between the two islands is often used by the Chinese military for transits and exercises, raising security concerns in Japan over its southwestern outlying islands should China invade Taiwan, a self-ruled island that Beijing threatens to take by force for reunification.
torsdag 20. november 2025
US Marines Expand Combat Reach Over Possible China War
The United States continues to enhance its military preparedness with Japan amid a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan that could draw both allies into a regional war. In late October, the U.S. Marine Corps established a forward arming and refueling point, or FARP, on Yonaguni—the westernmost inhabited island of Japan—near Taiwan during an exercise, expanding the reach of aircraft during combat operations.
Yonaguni Island is 69 miles from Taiwan's east coast. The narrow waterway between the two islands is often used by the Chinese military for transits and exercises, raising security concerns in Japan over its southwestern outlying islands should China invade Taiwan, a self-ruled island that Beijing threatens to take by force for reunification.
Yonaguni Island is 69 miles from Taiwan's east coast. The narrow waterway between the two islands is often used by the Chinese military for transits and exercises, raising security concerns in Japan over its southwestern outlying islands should China invade Taiwan, a self-ruled island that Beijing threatens to take by force for reunification.
