China flew a drone into Taiwanese airspace over Pratas Island last week.

First confirmed violation in decades.

Not an accident. A probe.

Military strategists call this boundary testing. You push until you find the response threshold. Where does tolerance end? What triggers reaction?

The PLA operates outside Taiwan's air defense range, testing decision architecture under ambiguity.

Most companies do the same thing to themselves. They tolerate scope creep until a project collapses. Accept late payments until cash flow breaks. Ignore misaligned team members until culture fractures.

The pattern: boundaries exist in theory but collapse under operational reality.

Taiwan's response? New air defense battalion. Pre-built capacity before the crisis intensifies.

Not reactive scrambling. Structured anticipation.

Where are your boundaries actually enforced vs. theoretically stated?

What gets tolerated until it becomes crisis?

The gap between your stated boundaries and operational enforcement is where systems fail.

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