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Issue #5

June 2025

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

  • 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
October
2022
Research Papers

Origins and Development of the Hague Code of Conduct  

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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September
2021
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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