Japan's Undefended Southern Flank
The nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Hawaii arrived earlier this month at Yokosuka, home port of the US Seventh Fleet, one more asset in America's naval buildup in Northeast Asia, which can be viewed as a direct result of Chinese assertions of hegemony over the East China and South China Seas.
In July three Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines sur…
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