China has quietly run one of its most ambitious drills yet — a full-scale simulation to shut down Elon Musk’s Starlink network over Taiwan using swarms of drones, balloons and airborne jammers. New research from top Chinese institutes claims a “total signal kill” is possible under the right battlefield conditions, raising alarms in Washington, Taipei and SpaceX. But the study also exposes just how much air superiority, synchronization and resources Beijing would need to pull it off. As tensions spike, is China testing a future invasion blueprint hidden in plain sight?