Taiwan Throttles Internet in War Drill
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- Taiwan throttled its mobile internet for the first time during its annual war games, using the drill to test communications resilience, per Reuters.
- The New York Times frames the exercise as Taiwan gingerly rehearsing for a scenario in which China chokes its internet, while WSJ notes locals aren't worried about the slowdown.
Why it matters: Taiwan is now treating internet shutdown as a frontline wartime scenario rather than a civilian inconvenience. By simulating a China-imposed cutoff during active war games, Taipei is hardening the one infrastructure layer Beijing could attack without firing a shot.
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