China Fires SLBM From South China Sea, Trajectory Passes North of Luzon

🚀 SOUTH CHINA SEA — China fired an SLBM from contested waters, not a test range. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: The origin matters more than range. South China Sea — not Bohai — signals Chinese submarines in operational second-strike posture. Taiwan's NSC called it a "provocation"; the Luzon trajectory pulls Philippine alliance geometry in. Washington, stretched by Hormuz, now absorbs a submarine deterrence signal from its most contested maritime flank.