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Given that SSBNs do not need to come to waters close to China, as the range of the Trident II (D5) missiles these boats carry is around 4,000 miles, it is difficult to justify port calls in the western Pacific in purely military terms.
Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/an-era-of-submarine-diplomacy/