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Modern island defense is shifting away from traditional bunkers and toward civil drills that treat tankers like VIPs to keep the power running during a crisis.
A nation can survive a missile strike, but it cannot survive a week without electricity. Taiwan has recognized that its greatest vulnerability is not its beaches, but its gas tanks. Because the island imports nearly all of its energy, new civil defense drills focus on the high-stakes logistics of escorting liquefied petroleum gas ships through contested waters.