Key Points : Roughly $3.4 trillion in trade passes through the South China Sea annually, yet both the U.S. and China keep investing in nuclear submarines because deterrence, not war, is the stated goal. China's Bastion doctrine is not coastal defense. The JL-3 missile gives Type 094 submarines the range to threaten the U.S. mainland from near-littoral waters. AUKUS forward basing at HMAS Stirling is designed...