Newsletter

Issue #7

June 2026

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

CONTENTS

Latest HCoC News

  • Insights from UNODA: Multilateral Frameworks and the HCoC
  • 25th Annual Regular Meeting of the HCoC

News about the Project

  • Workshop on the HCoC in Vienna
  • Side Event on Hypersonic Missiles
  • HCoC Youth Group – Second Edition
  • Launches Updates: A New Series of Short Publications

News about Ballistic Missiles & Launchers

  • Iran’s Ballistic Response to Operation Epic Fury
  • Degradation of Iran’s Ballistic Missile Arsenal
  • Selected missiles tests
  • Selected SLV launches

Selected Missiles Tests

Selected SLV Launches

Selected Publications

Information and contact

Issue Briefs

The HCoC and African States

While both ballistic programmes and the risk posed by these systems remain very limited on the African continent, ballistic missiles inherently constitute a global risk – due to their range and destructive potential. Instruments such as the HCoC, which seek to limit the proliferation of such systems, are therefore relevant for African countries.

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Research Papers

Ballistic missiles and conventional strike weapons: Adapting the HCoC to address the dissemination of conventional ballistic missiles

The Hague Code of Conduct aims at curbing the proliferation of missiles capable of carrying weapons of mass destruction. Today, with an important increase in ranges, these weapons are more and more used for a conventional mission, by a variety of states. This dissemination illustrates the fact that many stakeholders master the technologies necessary to build and sustain these weapons. But it also raises questions on the possible destabilising effects of these arsenals, even when they are not linked to WMDs.

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