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Depends on who you ask. From a "let's all get along" standpoint, it allows them to protect their trading partners and shipping from Chinese aggressors. Ain't nobody gonna prevent the Japanese from exercising their right to free trade if they can park a couple squadrons of F-35s off your coast, thereby providing the iron fist in the velvet glove. From a historical standpoint, And I mean, realistically speaking? If any one of those island nations up in there goes all Somalia, everyone will want a navy.
