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Issue #3

April 2024

Read news of the Code, updates on our recent activities and latest information about ballistic missile tests and space launches.

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CONTENTS

Latest HCoC News

  • Qatar announces its subscription to the Code
  • Chile takes over as new HCoC Chair
  • Looking back at the Irish Chairmanship of the HCoC

News about the Project

  • Side-Event in the Margins of the ARM
  • Middle East Regional Seminar organised in the UAE
  • HCoC Research Paper No°13 published

News about the Ballistic Missiles & Launchers

  • Iranian Missiles Reportedly Shipped to Russia
  • Missiles Launches in the Middle East

Selected Missiles Tests

Selected SLV Launches

Information and contacts
April
2024
Research Papers

The Rise of Small Launchers: What Impact on Ballistic Missile Proliferation?

This paper recalls the state of ballistic missile proliferation at the time of the adoption of the Code, before delving into the genesis of the Code and especially the various reports and meetings that promoted the adoption of a supply-side multilateral instrument. It describes the conferences and diplomatic efforts that led to the Code in 2002. It also explains why the Code ended up the way it is today with modest ambitions but concrete outcomes.

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January
2019
Other publications

Ballistic missile proliferation: what should be the role of a small state?

On 15 January 2019, the Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka (INSSSL) and the FRS held a South Asia Regional Seminar “Dealing with the missile threat in South Asia” with the support of the European Union. This explainer on ballistic missile proliferation explains a few key aspects of the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) in relation to small states with special reference to Sri Lanka.

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