Newsletter

Issue #5

June 2025

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

CONTENTS

Latest HCoC News

  • Uruguay designated as HCoC Chair for 2025-2026
  • HCoC Annual Regular Meeting
  • Looking Back at the Chilean Chairmanship

News about the Project

  • Side Event in the Margins of the ARM
  • Final Meeting of the Youth Group
  • Regional Seminar in the Philippines
  • HCoC Workshop in Nepal

News about Ballistic Missiles & Launchers

  • New MTCR Policy Published the the State Department
  • Japan’s Hypersonic Developments

Selected Missiles Tests

Selected SLV Launches

Information and contact

Issue Briefs

The HCoC and Space

The New Space trend – an ongoing innovative transformation of the space sector – has led to a rise of investment in small launch systems. While an increasing number of nations are gaining access to space, the number of private sector entities investing in this domain is also rising. Meanwhile, small space launch vehicles and ballistic missiles rely on increasingly similar technologies.

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Issue Briefs

The HCoC and Latin America

Latin America is one of the regions with the highest level of support for the HCoC. This support reflects the historic commitment of the region in favour of disarmament and non-proliferation. The remaining four non-subscribing states – Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba and Mexico – have voiced concerns about the adoption of the Code outside the United Nations framework and its limited scope.

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