PLA Posts 12 Sorties on May 10 — 9 Cross Median Line Into N/SW ADIZ; 5 PLAN Vessels + 1 Ship; 4 Days to Trump-Xi Summit

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense reported 12 PLA aircraft sorties in its daily 06:00 local time snapshot on May 10, 2026, with 9 of 12 sorties crossing the Taiwan Strait median line and entering Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone in the northern and southwestern sectors. 5 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship continued operating around Taiwan. The May 10 sortie count matches May 8's 12-sortie figure and represents a re-escalation from the 8-sortie day on May 9 — PLA is sustaining meaningful double-digit pressure with the majority of aircraft crossing the median line. The updated May pre-summit sortie sequence: 4 (May 1) → 29 record (May 2) → 1 (May 3) → 2 (May 4) → 1 (May 5) → 0 (May 6) → 22 (May 7) → 12 (May 8) → 8 (May 9) → 12 (May 10). Four days remain before the Trump-Xi Beijing summit (May 14-15), where Taiwan tops Xi's agenda. US military C-17 transport aircraft have been landing in Beijing for pre-summit preparations. ROC Armed Forces monitored the situation and responded by dispatching combat air patrol aircraft, naval vessels, and coastal missile systems.