Location

Penghu Islands

China's war games slam simulated invasions against Penghu Islands' salt-lashed shores, amphibious feints and air assaults blazing across Situation Room screens as Taiwanese Super Cobras scramble to full alert. Foreign carriers—Nimitz, Independence—shift into battle stance, their distant hulls slicing swells while Bartlet counters with Carl Vinson's decisive pivot. Tension ratchets to chess-like brinkmanship, every mock landing a spark threatening real flames in this strategic island chain's phantom siege.

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S3E14 · Hartsfield's Landing

Bartlet Diffuses Tension, Briefed on Penghu Invasion Sim, Authorizes Carl Vinson Move

Penghu Islands are central as target of China's unprecedented invasion simulation per Nancy's briefing, framing the war games' aggressive scope with carrier interventions that demand U.S. naval counters like Carl Vinson redirection.

Atmosphere

Phantom siege under simulated assault

Functional Role

Focal point of briefed threat scenario

Symbolic Significance

Strategic chokepoint in superpower brinkmanship

Amphibious feints and air assaults visualized Salt-lashed shores in crisis intel

S3E14 · Hartsfield's Landing

Bartlet Orders Carl Vinson Detour to Taiwan Strait

Nancy details Penghu Islands as epicenter of unprecedented Chinese invasion simulation incorporating foreign carrier interventions, framing the phantom assault that provokes Taiwan's alert and demands U.S. naval riposte.

Atmosphere

Phantom siege under simulated barrage

Functional Role

Strategic invasion target in war games

Symbolic Significance

Vulnerable outpost testing superpower resolve

Access Restrictions

Militarized island chain amid drills

Salt-lashed shores Amphibious feint zones

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S3E14 · Hartsfield's Landing

Bartlet Diffuses Tension, Briefed on Penghu Invasion Sim, Authorizes Carl Vinson Move

President Bartlet and Leo enter the Situation Room amid military honors. Bartlet lightens the grave mood with a wry joke about Hartsfield's Landing votes potentially resolving the crisis. Nancy McNally …

S3E14 · Hartsfield's Landing

Bartlet Orders Carl Vinson Detour to Taiwan Strait

Leo methodically interrogates military intel on Taiwan's alert status, Super Cobra deployments, and carrier positions, identifying the Carl Vinson en route to the Arabian Gulf as a pivotal asset. Checking …