This study analyzed the military and security implications of Baengnyeong Airport. The island has been the northernmost outpost in the West Sea, amid prolonged strategic competition between the United States of America and China. The Northern Limit Line (NLL) and the five West Sea Islands provide naval and air force deployment and information, monitoring, and reconnaissance (ISR) bases in the early stages in the event of an emergency on the KADIZ(Korea Air Deffense Identification Zone), while also directly and indirectly influencing China
Cho et al. (Mon,) studied this question.