S8 Ep1103: Gregory Copley. Xi Jinping's Internal Struggles and the Vulnerable 'Boomer' Fleet. Copley views China's missile test as a move by Xi Jinping to look credible amidst domestic instability and loss of control over the PLA. He notes that while the Jin-class s
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🗓️ 8 July 2026
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Gregory Copley. Xi Jinping's Internal Struggles and the Vulnerable 'Boomer' Fleet. Copley views China's missile test as a move by Xi Jinping to look credible amidst domestic instability and loss of control over the PLA. He notes that while the Jin-class submarines are "noisy" and vulnerable, the test sends a pointed message to the West and Pacificnations. (9)
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| 0:25.6 | This is a high risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. I'm John Batchler. I welcome my friend and colleague Gregory Copley. |
| 0:50.9 | He is the editor and publisher,itus of Defense and Foreign Affairs. |
| 0:58.9 | However, he is also the author, along with his colleagues, of routine articles covering the |
| 1:03.4 | Strategy of the Earth, Strategic hyphen Policy.com. |
| 1:08.1 | It's where to follow Gregor's reporting, and we begin with fresh information from South China Sea, from East Asia. |
| 1:16.2 | It's alarming if you will get upset about Chinese provocation of the whole of the Pacific |
| 1:21.9 | rim. |
| 1:23.3 | Within these last hours, a Chinese boomer, that's a missile boat, designated 094, |
| 1:31.6 | fired a missile capable of 10,000 kilometers, downrange, giving an advance notice to Japan |
| 1:39.5 | and some other members of the countries where it might pass. |
| 1:44.1 | Downrange over northern |
| 1:46.4 | Luzon, over Palau, over Maria, northern Marianas, over the federated states of |
| 1:52.5 | Micronesia, towards the Solomans, towards Fiji, into the nuclear-free zone of the Pacific. |
| 2:00.0 | Why? They tested it on a date that's suggestive that |
| 2:05.0 | they had a reason. The day before NATO was to meet in Ankara, Turkey, the moment that |
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