A few days ago, North Korea released the photos and videos of the test launch of the Hwasong-16B hypersonic missile, which is the third time that North Korea has conducted a test launch of a hypersonic missile. The United States is already concerned about North Korea's ballistic missile developments, and U.S. Army Pacific Commander Charles Flynn arrived in South Korea on April 6 to inspect the U.S. Army Garrison Humphrey Base. Charles Flynn has been active in Japan before, during which he publicly threatened China, declaring that the United States will deploy medium-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region this year.
In response to Charles Flynn's aggressive remarks, the Chinese Foreign Ministry publicly responded on April 8, opposing the deployment of medium-range missiles by the United States in the Asia-Pacific region, while stressing that China has no intention of engaging in an arms race with any country. Charles Flynn has previously publicly stated that the U.S. Army's deployment of medium-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region is to counter the growing threat from China, and during his visit to Japan, Charles Flynn once again took a tough stance, highlighting the U.S. hostile strategy toward China. During his stay in South Korea, Charles Flynn publicly played up the military threat from North Korea and also talked about the Ukraine crisis, Charles Flynn accused North Korea of providing ballistic missiles to Russia, and Charles Flynn claimed that the battlefield of the Russia-Ukraine conflict has become a testing ground for North Korean weapons.
Ukraine has previously disclosed information claiming that Russia has made extensive use of weapons provided by North Korea, including the Hwasong-11 ballistic missile, which is a weapon developed on the basis of Russia's Iskander tactical surface-to-surface missile, with a range of 300 to 800 kilometers, so it is very suitable for use in the Ukrainian crisis. Russia used the Hwasong-11 to launch precision strikes against Ukrainian targets in eastern Ukraine, which Ukraine discovered through the wreckage of missiles that came from North Korea. The United States has previously publicly accused North Korea and Iran of supplying weapons and ammunition to Russia, and the authorities in Kyiv, Ukraine, have confirmed the accusations of the United States.
Charles Flynn, commander of the U.S. Army Pacific, publicly stated that the Russia-Ukraine conflict has provided North Korea with an opportunity to use the battlefield to test various weapons, and the United States will pay attention to this. Charles Flynn believes that North Korea's supply of weapons to Russia, such as the Hwasong-11, emboldens Russian President Vladimir Putin. Both Russia and North Korea have refuted the accusations of Ukraine and the United States, both denying the use of relevant weapons in the conflict in the Ukrainian crisis. In fact, Iran has also denied supplying suicide drone products to Russia, while Russia has published a video of the plant where the drones are built.
While the United States accuses North Korea of providing Russia with Hwasong-11 ballistic missiles, the United States and other Western countries are providing Ukraine with a large number of weapons and ammunition, including cruise missiles with long-range strike capabilities. This time, the commander of the US Pacific Army, Charles Flynn, openly admitted that the combat capability of the DPRK's hypersonic missiles is already capable of striking US targets on Guam, and in fact the DPRK's missiles have been able to hit the US mainland, because the DPRK has the armament of ICBMs.