S8 Ep718: STREAM THE MAKING OF THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, WEDNESDAY 4-8-2026 2897 FRANCE IRONCLAD
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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STREAM THE MAKING OF THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, WEDNESDAY 4-8-2026
2897 FRANCE IRONCLAD
Guests: Gordon Chang, Charles Burton, Rebecca Grant, and Rick Fisher. (1)
Headline: Global Shifts: China’s Economic Leverage, Naval Triumphs in Operation Epic Fury, and the Laser-Powered Moon Race (2)
Summary: John Batchelor and his guests analyze the geopolitical landscape following UN vetoes by Russia and China that protected Iran. Gordon Chang and Charles Burtonargue that China is enabling Iranianterrorism and weaponizing its economy to gain leverage over traditional US allies like Canada,,. They highlight a concerning trend where Canadian elites are shifting toward a "China-compliant" regime, increasingly viewing China as a more stable partner than the United States,. (3)
Shifting to military operations, Rebecca Grant details the success of Operation Epic Fury, where US Navy carriers successfully defended against Chinese-made supersonic missiles,. Despite some technical glitches, the Navy demonstrated "outstanding" capability in drone defense and sea-based missile intercepts, effectively neutralizing the Iranian fleet,. (4)
Finally, Rick Fisher discusses the technological breakthroughs of the Artemis 2 mission, specifically the demonstration of laser communication between the moon and Earth,. He warns that a new "race for the moon" is underway, with Chinarapidly developing Long March 10 and 9 heavy-lift rockets to establish a permanent lunar presence by 2030, making real-time lunar surveillance a military necessity,,.
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| 1:02.5 | Welcome to the making of the John Batser show, delayed for moments this morning, |
| 1:07.6 | a technical quandary that was solved by turning it off and turning it back on again. |
| 1:12.2 | So I welcome my colleagues, Gordon Chang at Gordon G. Chang and Charles Burton of the |
| 1:17.7 | Synopsis Institute, the author of The Beaver and the Dragon. Gentlemen, it is a day after |
| 1:23.2 | the end of the world, thanks to the unacceptable conduct of the chief executive of the United |
| 1:29.1 | States and his lieutenants. In any event, that is yesterday's news. And I welcome you this |
| 1:35.5 | morning to reflect upon what we've learned in these last hours about the peer rival, |
| 1:42.2 | the People's Republic of China. I'm particularly interested in how China has conducted |
| 1:48.1 | itself in these troubled days and will continue. What we have from the FT is mixed message about |
| 1:55.5 | the Armageddon being called off. I say Armageddon because I'm reading a new book, Love War and Diplomacy, that's |
| 2:02.1 | based upon correspondence between the Pharaoh and his Canaanite Stoge Kings between the 15th and |
| 2:09.2 | 13th century BCE. It's a fascination. But one of the major cities that's always in the news to the |
| 2:16.7 | Pharaoh is the siege of Magido, a city in |
| 2:21.4 | northern Israel, somewhere between Israel and Lebanon, Magidot. That is the battle that we have come |
| 2:28.9 | 4,000, 3,500 years later to regard as Armageddon. |
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| 2:42.6 | never worry, I will send my chariots to his stooge king at Magito, |
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