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The first island chain refers to the first chain of major archipelagos out from the East Asian continental mainland coast. Principally composed of the Kuril Islands, Japanese Archipelago, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, the northern Philippines, and Borneo; from the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Malay Peninsula. Some definitions of the ''first island chain'' anchor the northern end on the Russian Far East coast north of Sahkalin Island, with Sahkalin Island being the first link in the chain.〔(Wiktionary: first island chain )〕 However, others consider the Aleutians as the farthest north-eastern first link in the chain.〔(GlobalSecurity.org: People's Liberation Navy - Offshore Defense )〕 The first island chain forms one of three island chain doctrines within the Island Chain Strategy. The ''first island chain'' has its purpose in Chinese military doctrine. The People's Republic of China views the ''first island chain'' as the area it must secure and disable from American bases, aircraft and aircraft-carrier groups, if in defending itself it must tactically unleash a pre-emptive attack against an enemy. The aim of the doctrine is to seal off the Yellow Sea, South China Sea and East China Sea inside an arc running from the Aleutians in the north to Borneo in the south.〔“Asia's balance of power: China’s military rise: There are ways to reduce the threat to stability that an emerging superpower poses”, The Economist, dated 7 April 2012.〕 According to reports by American think tanks CSBA and RAND, by 2020, China will be well on its way to having the means to achieve its ''first island chain'' policy.〔“China’s military rise: The dragon’s new teeth: A rare look inside the world’s biggest military expansion”, The Economist, dated 7 April 2012.〕 ==See also== *People's Liberation Army *United States military deployments *Military strategy *Military tactics *Military doctrine *AirSea Battle *Bamboo Curtain 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「First island chain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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