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Taiwan Contingency: Cyber Operations in the First 72 Hours

War-gaming assessments reveal that cyber operations would precede kinetic action by days — targeting communications, logistics, and allied coordination.

6 Jun 20261 min read

Pre-Kinetic Cyber Campaign

PLA doctrine calls for information dominance before kinetic operations. In a Taiwan contingency, cyber operations would target three layers simultaneously:

  1. Communications severance — submarine cable disruption + satellite interference + telecom infrastructure degradation

  2. Logistics disruption — targeting port management systems, fuel distribution networks, and military supply chains

  3. Alliance coordination denial — disrupting US-Japan-Australia command and control networks

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