On April 26, state broadcaster CCTV published a documentary in which People’s Liberation

Army pilots of the “Flying Leopard” (Xi’an JH-7) fighter planes chase a foreign warship that

had sailed close to what was referred to in the video as “Chinese territorial waters.” The 3.50

minute video clip's commentary quoted the PLAAF pilot: “This is the Chinese PLA Air Force. 

You have entered a restricted area, leave immediately or face the consequences!” JH-7 fighter bombers recently warned away a foreign vessel that was about to trespass into Chinese territorial waters in the South China Sea. It quoted the pilot, Gao Zengsong, as saying “I could see the foreign vessel’s movement on my radar, and we were ready to pull the trigger”. The foreign vessel soon left the area, and the mission was a success.