Photo, left:  Syria has already taken delivery of Russian BTR-80 vehicles. See Hour 1, Block C, Molly O'Toole, DefenseOne, on Moscow’s Moves in Syria Exploit Limits of US Strategy
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Co-host: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com.
 
Hour One
Wednesday   30 September 2015  / Hour 1, Block A: Harry Kazianis, executive editor of The National Interest and a senior Fellow for defense policy at the Center for the National Interest, in re: https://www.rt.com/news/316705-china-syria-isis-fight/
Wednesday   30 September 2015  / Hour 1, Block B: Rick Fisher, senior Fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, in re:   http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/29/did-china-just-hit-mach-5.html
Axe is taking a huge risk in publishing based on a sole source.  Yes, it's a Chinese source that appeared in a major AVIC publication, but Jane's would not do this based on this one source.  
And that's not to say it did not happen, or that the PLA has not been pouring mountains of money into advanced high supersonic and hypersonic vehicle research.  It most certainly is doing that.
Chinese chat pages most often tout the idea that China has built its own version of the Pratt Whitney J58, a turbojet that transitions to a ramjet, which powered the US LockMart SR71 Mach 3 recon plane.  
This was basically advanced 1950s tech for us, but would enable a game-changer high supersonic platform for them.  We did make four SR-71-launched D-21 ramjet-powered drone missions over China in the 1960s and the Chinese captured at least one that crashed.   So they've been sitting on that ramjet tech for decades.  
Wednesday   30 September 2015  / Hour 1, Block C: Molly O'Toole, DefenseOne, in re: Moscow’s Moves in Syria Exploit Limits of US Strategy  Containment has remained Washington’s chosen path in Syria, even as others urged greater intervention, but Russia is now shaping the facts on the ground.  By Defense One Contributor Gayle Tzemach Lemmon and Politics Reporter Molly O'Toole
Moscow’s Moves in Syria Exploit Limits of Obama’s Containment Strategy: Washington wants to shape the conflict from afar, but Russia is now shaping the facts on the ground.  President Obama used the pulpit of the United Nations General Assembly to condemn Russian military meddling in Syria and implore world leaders to back his own strategy: contain the conflict militarily while seeking a political exit for Bashar al Assad. And at all costs, avoid U.S.“boots on the ground” in yet another Middle Eastern conflict. But Moscow’s buildup of troops and assets in Syria in avowed support for Assad underlines the limits of this approach. While Obama has spent years saying “no” to a menu of unappetizing military options, Putin has quickly upped the ante, forcing Washington to “refocus on facts on the ground,” as one administration official said. Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey put it this way: “We are on the sidelines … Putin offers arms, risk and actions.”  . . .

Molly O'Toole is the politics reporter for Defense One. O'Toole previously worked as a news editor at The Huffington Post. She has covered national and international politics for Reuters, The Nation, the Associated Press and Newsweek International, among others, from Washington, New York, Mexico ... Full Bio
Wednesday   30 September 2015  / Hour 1, Block D:  John Avlon, Daily Beast, in re: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/30/putin-orders-u-s-jets-out-of-syria.html
 
Hour Two
Wednesday   30 September 2015  / Hour 2, Block A: Charles Burton, professor at Brock University, in re:  Xi Jinping's U.S. and U.N. visits.   Also: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/blasts-09302015105131.html/
Wednesday   30 September 2015  / Hour 2, Block B:  Nitin Gokhale, independent security analyst and author of, Beyond NJ 9842: The Saichen Saga, in re: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/09/27/narendra-modi-india-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-google-sundar-pichai-silicon-valley/72936544/  ;  http://www.economist.com/news/21669069-battle-between-winnie-pooh-and-bear-hugger-narendra-modi-takes-xi-jinping-china
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2015/09/27/china-and-india-leaders-in-u-s-to-court-tech-giants/
Wednesday   30 September 2015  / Hour 2, Block C:  Aaron Back, WSJ Hong Kong, in re: China Spending Surge Means Debts Will Only Get Larger  Faced with tough times, China will once again kick the debt can down the road.
Wednesday   30 September 2015  / Hour 2, Block D:  Bret Stephens, WSJ editorial; in re: An Unteachable President
 
Hour Three
Wednesday   30 September 2015  / Hour 3, Block A:  Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, in re: Policy viewed as GOP candidate Jeb Bush's route to ... ... Off Road Politics connects Washington with Main Street  triblive.com/news/adminpage/9173222-74/energy-bush-gas - 2015-09-29
Wednesday   30 September 2015  / Hour 3, Block B: Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, in re: Click here for link  John Boehner began Friday morning at Pete's Diner on Capitol Hill with Rep. Mike Kelly, describing the awe he felt when Pope Francis grabbed his arm and asked the House speaker to pray for him the day before.
Bush said he designed his campaign to go the distance, not only with fundraising and endorsements in states beyond the traditional first two bouts in Iowa and New Hampshire, but also with a full range of polices for people to consider as they weigh their options. “At the end of this process, people start migrating towards who can lead and who has the experience to LINK
Wednesday   30 September 2015  / Hour 3, Block C:  Lev Golinkin, author, A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir. http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/228012/a-backpack-a-bear-and-eig... ;  https://twitter.com/politicoeurope/status/638998577856020481
Wednesday   30 September 2015  / Hour 3, Block D:   Paul Gregory, Hoover, in re: http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2015/09/30/as-russia-launches-air-strikes-in-syria-obama-must-make-sure-we-dont-forget-ukraine/
 
Hour Four
Wednesday   30 September 2015  / Hour 4, Block A: Between Two Worlds: How the English Became Americans, by Malcolm Gaskill – Part III of IV (1 of 4) 
Wednesday   30 September 2015  / Hour 4, Block B: Between Two Worlds: How the English Became Americans, by Malcolm Gaskill – Part III of IV (2 of 4)
Wednesday   30 September 2015  / Hour 4, Block C: Between Two Worlds: How the English Became Americans, by Malcolm Gaskill – Part III of IV (3 of 4)
Wednesday   30 September 2015  / Hour 4, Block D: Between Two Worlds: How the English Became Americans, by Malcolm Gaskill – Part III of IV (4 of 4)