I was just listening to that interview on the way home (took me two and a half hours due to power failure at Penn Station). I didn't know that China had developed a super sub. Bill Gertz thinks the Berger story has legs. Savage seemed somewhat skeptical that it would go anywhere.
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "CHINESE PRODUCE NEW TYPE OF SUB" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "China also is building two nuclear-powered submarines one Type 093, believed to be based on the Russian Victor-III class and armed with intercontinental ballistic missiles, and a Type 094 attack submarine, which the Pentagon believes has a finished hull and will be ready for deployment next year. According to Mr. Trevethan, China currently has a force of 57 deployed submarines, including one Xia-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine, five Han submarines, four Kilos, seven Songs, 18 Mings and 22 Soviet-designed Romeos. Beijing also has eight more Kilos on order with Russia.") (July 16, 2004) (Read More...)