PLA ADIZ Activity Moderates to 1 Sortie as Han Kuang 42 Exercise Continues

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected 1 PLA aircraft sortie, 9 PLAN vessels and 11 official ships operating around Taiwan in the 24-hour window ending 06:00 (UTC+8) on August 10, 2026, with the sortie entering Taiwan's southwestern ADIZ. Air activity dropped sharply from the 14-sortie spike on August 8, while the official ship count (11) reached the highest level of the window, continuing the pattern of PLA sustaining elevated maritime and gray-zone presence even as air sortie counts fluctuate. The report came on day six of Taiwan's Han Kuang 42 live-fire exercise (Aug 5-14).