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Supporting the Hague Code of Conduct

an FRS project funded by the European Union

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.

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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
February
2019
Research Papers

Opening HCoC to cruise missiles: A proposal to overcome political hurdles

The issue of extending the scope of the Hague Code of Conduct to cruise missiles is regularly raised in academic and political discussions about the Code. Some non-subscribing States justify their refusal to join the instrument because of this exclusion, perceived as a major flaw. Indeed, cruise missiles have characteristics that can make them very effective in carrying weapons of mass destruction. It is therefore clearly of interest to consider extending the HCoC scope to these weapons.

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January
2020
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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