🥫 Chinese Drone In Taiwan Airspace

January 19, 2026

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Three Minute Prepper - Chinese Drone In Taiwan Airspace

China just flew a military drone into Taiwan airspace for the first time. A Chinese reconnaissance drone flew in the airspace of Pratas Island for about four minutes early Saturday. The unmanned vehicle was a WZ-7 known as Soaring Dragon. It flew at an altitude outside the range of air defense weapons. It left after Taiwan broadcast warnings via international radio channels. Taiwan's defense ministry said the drone flew above the range of air defense weapons. Analysts said the move highlighted Taiwan's difficulties in countering China's high end drone capabilities. The move allowed Beijing to further undermine the country's sovereignty. China has found another soft spot. They can repeat this to demonstrate they can enter Taiwan airspace with impunity. What do you do if they start flying lower and lower? If you decide to shoot the drone down when it comes into range, China can blame Taiwan because it did not do anything before. Taiwan's defense minister told lawmakers the country's armed forces would view any unauthorized entry of Chinese military aircraft, ships or other assets into territorial airspace or waters as a first strike. Taiwan could order a counterstrike in self defense. Two Taiwanese officials said Taipei would exercise extreme caution to avoid any incident sparking a broader conflict. When drones penetrate airspace with impunity at altitudes beyond defense range, when officials warn about extreme caution to avoid broader conflict, when first penetrations become templates for repeated violations, those incursions are not isolated incidents. Those incursions are final tests before invasions begin.

The US Mint just raised the price of one ounce silver coins to $169. The Mint temporarily suspended silver sales earlier this week to implement price changes. The 2024 Uncirculated Silver Eagle that retailed for $91 is now $169. The 2023 version also jumped to $169 from its previous $91 price point. The Mint obviously expects the price of silver to keep rising. Gold and silver prices climbed to fresh peaks on Monday. Investors flocked to safe haven assets on intensifying tensions after Trump threatened to impose extra tariffs on European countries over control of Greenland. The price of silver is sitting at $93.52 an ounce. Supplies of physical silver have gotten very tight. It is used in thousands of important high tech products. More than half of global silver demand comes from manufacturing. Demand is driven by its use in electronics, solar panels and electrification. Last summer, the US officially declared silver a strategic metal. Since then, silver prices have surged. This confirms suspicions that both China and the US are stockpiling heavily. China released a list of 44 companies approved to export silver under new measures in 2026 and 2027. State run Securities Times cited an unnamed industry insider. The insider said the new policy formally elevates the metal from an ordinary commodity to a strategic material. When the Mint doubles coin prices overnight, when half of global demand comes from manufacturing, when both superpowers declare silver strategic and restrict exports, those price movements are not market speculation. Those price movements are proof that critical supply shortages are already here.

Trump refused to rule out a military option for Greenland. NBC News asked whether he would use military force to seize Greenland. The US leader simply replied no comment. Trump said he no longer felt an obligation to think purely of peace with regard to Greenland. This came from a letter he wrote to the Norwegian Prime Minister. The world is not secure unless we have complete and total control of Greenland. Trump vowed to impose a 10% tariff on eight European states opposed to any US takeover. The nations in question deployed a small group of troops to the Danish controlled territory for a round of military drills. Copenhagen reportedly sent additional forces to Greenland. Around 100 were stationed in the capital city of Nuuk. A similar number deployed to Kangerlussuaq. Trump's escalating rhetoric has caused outrage in Denmark. Some 10,000 Danes turned out to protest a US takeover on Saturday. The Danish Prime Minister condemned unacceptable pressure by the Trump administration. She warned that any US military intervention to seize Greenland could destroy the NATO alliance. When presidents refuse to rule out military force against allies, when world security gets defined as complete and total control of territories, when thousands protest while troops deploy and alliances threaten to break, those escalations are not negotiating tactics. Those escalations are how empires fracture before they collapse.

China penetrates Taiwan airspace while the Mint doubles silver prices and the president refuses to rule out war with allies over Arctic territory. When all three happen the same week, preppers who stacked physical silver before the strategic designation, who understood that supply shortages drive exponential price increases, who recognized that desperate empires make desperate moves see the convergence pattern. Taiwan getting probed. Silver getting hoarded. Alliances fracturing. Prepare accordingly.

Alex Simm

Head Editor, WeLovePrepping

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