On August 9, 2023, the pro-PLA Military Fans World YouTube channel posted a video showing footage from a Chinese PLA drill in which intelligence gathered from a drone is used to call in a J-16 fighter jet airstrike.
Speaker 1: "Suspected target sighted. Request approach identification."
Speaker 2: "Flying Dragon No. 1, continue monitoring."
Speaker 1: "Roger that."
Speaker 2: "Intelligence. Notify Sharp Blade to investigate."
Soldier: "High-value target. Request Eagle support."
Commander: "Eagles, based on the information coming from the UAV, carry out strike mission. Target position 75 36. Position correct, proceed with the strike."
Speaker 3: "'Enemy' reinforcement sighted. Request supplementary strike."
Commander: "Flying Dragon, execute supplementary strike."