Big implications with the new direction the US Marine Corps are taking with the new island hopping strategy. They would be playing whack-a-mole with China in case of warfare. They would put a Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) to hop to an island put surface missiles, drones, SAM installations to form a basic A2/AD bubble.
Now imagine executing this operation with 10 MLR at the same time and also manoeuvrable so they can quickly hop to different islands depending on the tactical demands.
And i will also note that this strategy is highly compatible with some technologies like UAVs, unmanned ships, unmanned submarines, AI powered mines, swarm drones.
I predict a nightmare tactical situation for China if the USMC plans are fully realised