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Freak_Out_Bazaar t1_j6cchxc wrote

The only scenario I see for these islands to officially become exclusively part of Japan is if there is direct conflict between Russia and the US and Russia is put in a position where it has no choice but to cede the islands, first to the US and then to Japan from there. This is extremely unlikely to occur and even if it does it’s not like Japan will have great plans for the islands. They will mostly likely become US military bases, like in Okinawa but cold and miserable

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Ok-Welder-4816 t1_j6di099 wrote

The US is planning a new base farther north in Alaska (the current one is in Anchorage). This would be plenty close enough to strike whatever they want in eastern Russia and to defend the arctic.

Besides, they have bombers and missiles with enough range to go anywhere.

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