Trying to find Aus article where Adm Mike Rogers pretty much confirmed that the pacific waters are secure (watch the water?) and add to that IIRC from said article that more than half the Naval fleet are situated in the pacific waters suggests all is good and perhaps this is just part of the show, optics and all that jazz.
Was intersting article because it was about FVEYs too.
I read between the lines and Adm Rogers was saying to the FVEY countries that US has taken back the air, sea and space in that region - in other words "Now you are fucked and all your comms across the waters belong to us, nowhere to hide"