[Gaffer]

....Last month, China “painted” a Japanese military helicopter

Gee. What color did they 'paint' it? (I've been working in radar and antenna engineering for decades and have never used that term - ever. Locked on, 'dead meat', 'toast', 'up sh!t creek' --- but never 'painted')

[BwanaNdege]

“I’ve been working in radar and antenna engineering for decades and have never used that term - ever”

Standard military aviation term