The Strait of Malacca is unequivocally more important than Hormuz.
🇺🇸🇮🇩 The U.S. just signed a Major Defense Cooperation Partnership with Indonesia. Maritime, subsurface, autonomous systems, special forces training, the works.
Indonesia sits astride the Strait of Malacca, the world's second most critical shipping chokepoint after Hormuz. China knows exactly what this means.
While Beijing challenges the Hormuz blockade, Washington just locked in the other strait.