Newsletter

Issue #4

November 2024

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

CONTENTS

Latest HCoC News

  • The UNGA First Committee adopts a new draft resolution in support of the Code
  • The HCoC & Risk Reduction in Space

News about the Project

  • Side Event in the Margins of the First Committee
  • Addressing Missile Proliferation in International Forums
  • Regional Seminar organised in Costa Rica

News about the Ballistic Missiles & Launchers

  • Chinese ICBM test

Selected Missiles Tests

Selected SLV Launches

Information and contact

Issue Briefs

The HCoC and South Asia

India’s and Pakistan’s ballistic missiles are mostly designed as delivery vehicles for their nuclear weapons. While intrinsically linked to their national security, ballistic missiles also have regional security implications for South Asia. Non-proliferation and arms control efforts have so far been aimed at the bilateral level. Subscription to other instruments including the HCoC remains low in the region, although India joined the HCoC in 2016.

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Issue Briefs

The HCoC and Northeast Asian States

A majority of Northeast Asian states currently possess or seek to acquire ballistic missiles, producing a missile race and an increase in the number of tests as states are developing their capabilities further. Proliferation risks also remain high, and it is noteworthy that only South Korea and Japan have joined the MTCR.

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