A 40-day airspace blackout spanning an area larger than Taiwan — with zero explanation — is exactly the kind of quiet, calculated move that precedes serious military action. The restricted zones align with air combat and blockade preparations, and China already averages 2.6 million daily cyberattacks on Taiwan's infrastructure. Dismissing this as routine ignores every warning sign analysts say to watch for.

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