China Fires SLBM From South China Sea, Trajectory Passes North of Luzon
๐ SOUTH CHINA SEA โ China fired an SLBM from contested waters, not a test range. ๐ LOOK CLOSER: The origin matters more than range. South China Sea โ not Bohai โ 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.