🔴 New study: ‘India’s #Hypersonic Evolution: From Concept to Capability’ 🚀🇮🇳 #India is getting closer to realising its hypersonic ambitions (a programme that has been underway since the 1990s). Read this new paper by Dr Javed Alam, from #CAPSSIndia 🔗 shorturl.at/iLg5g

#11 — Long March 12B maiden flight 📍 Jianquan | 1 June 2026 China successfully launched the Long March 12B Y1. The 2-stage 🚀, capable of lifting ~20t to LEO was designed for reusability. #LaunchUpdates #China #LongMarch12B #CASC #Reusability #HCoC 🔗https://shorturl.at/7O0PQ

🚀Fascinating discussion on #hypersonic missiles, arms control and CBMs at the VIC in the margins of the #HCoC Annual Regular Meeting. 🇪🇺🇺🇾🇯🇴 An event supported by @eudiplomacy.bsky.social & introduced by M. Homolkova, Amb. Garofali from Uruguay and Amb . Hindawi from Jordan

🛰️In the margins of the #HCoC ARM, VCDNP and FRS are co-hosting a side-event on "HCoC and Space Launch Technologies" With UNODA, UNOOSA, ESPI, BMEIA, PMs of & Jordan Uruguay in Vienna

🔴Happening now! States are gathering in Vienna for the Annual Regular Meeting of the #HCoC A chance to discuss missile proliferation, space launch developments & for Amb. Garofali from @CancilleriaUy 🇺🇾 to pass the Chairmanship of the Code to @AmbMHindawi from 🇯🇴

🚀 🇷🇺 Launch Updates | Episode 10 Russia Tests RS-28 Sarmat ICBM 📅12 May 2026 After a series of failure, Russia successfully conducted a test launch of the RS-28 Sarmat. 🔗https://shorturl.at/heakX #LaunchUpdates #Russia #Sarmat #RS28 #ICBM #MissileTest #StrategicForces #HCoC

🚀🇮🇳 #9 — India tests MIRV-capable Agni-V 📍 Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Island | 8 May 2026 MIRVed Agni-V flight test successfully conducted across the Indian Ocean Region. #LaunchUpdates #India #AgniV #MIRV #MissileTest #StrategicForces #HCoC 🔗 shorturl.at/UJW4i

#8 — Soyuz-5 | Successful maiden flight 📍 Site 45, Baikonur, Kazakhstan | 30 April 2026 Soyuz-5 first flightwas a key validation of new Russian medium-lift launcher. #LaunchUpdates #Roscosmos #Soyuz-5 #Spaceflight #Russia #HCoC 🔗https://www.nonproliferation.eu/hcoc/first-flight-of-soyuz-5/

#7 — SLS SLV | Artemis II 🚀 📍Kennedy Space Center | 2 Apr 2026 Successful launch of the SLS for the Artemis II mission, sending the first crewed flght to lunar orbit since the Apollo missions. 🔗https://shorturl.at/83mZQ #LaunchUpdates #ArtemisII #SLS

#6 — Iran IRBM | Diego Garcia🚀 📍Diego Garcia | 20 Mar 2026 2 Iranian missiles targeted the US-UK. First combat use of IRBM, range ~ 4,000 km, likely Ghaem-100, Qased or Khorramshahr-4. 🔗https://shorturl.at/XYhHP #LaunchUpdates #Iran #BallisticMissiles #DiegoGarcia #IRBM

🌏 Last week, Simon Menet represented @frstrategie.bsky.social to the Asia Senior-Level Talks on Non-Proliferation #ASTOP 🤝 An opportunity to promote the #HCoC in the region 🙏 Thanks to the Japonese MoFA for the invitation & the EU for the support. ▶️ About ASTOP : www.mofa.go.jp/press/releas...

#5 — First use of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) against Iran 📍Iran| March 2026 🚀US used PrSM for the first time in combat #LaunchUpdates #PrSM #IranWar #BallisticMissiles #HCoC 🔗https://www.nonproliferation.eu/hcoc/first-use-of-the-precision-strike-missile-prsm-2026-iran-war/

#4 — FP-7 ­| flight Test 📍Ukraine | 27 Feb 2026 🇺🇦 Firepoint tested the FP-7, a 300 km range tactical ballistic missile. #LaunchUpdates #FP7 #Ukraine #TacticalMissile #FirePoint #Hcoc 🔗https://www.nonproliferation.eu/hcoc/the-fp-7-a-new-short-range-ballistic-system-for-ukraine/

Yesterday's workshop in Vienna highlighted the HCoC’s role in transparency, non-proliferation and space security 🚀🤝 Cooperation and political commitment remain essential. Co-organized with VCDNP, Uruguay, Austria and the EU in Vienna #HCoC #NonProliferation

#3 — SCOOTER HS-1 🇬🇧/🇩🇪 | Experimental flight success 📍 Andøya Spaceport | 3 Feb 2026 Nominal liftoff. Accelerated beyond Mach 6 → controlled splashdown after 300 km. Experimental single-stage hypersonic demonstrator. #LaunchUpdates #Hypersonics #SCOOTERHS1 🔗 shorturl.at/tWhuP

#2 — Ariane 64 🇪🇺 | Maiden flight success 📍 Kourou | 12 Feb 2026 #LaunchUpdates #Ariane64 #EuropeanSpace #HeavyLauncher #HCoC 🔗https://shorturl.at/2XV3U

🚀 New series: Major launch events: space & missiles #1 — CERES-2 🇨🇳 | Maiden flight failure 📍 Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre 📅17 Jan 2026 🔗https://url-shortener.me/DA5I #LaunchUpdates #SpaceSafety #HCoC #MissileTests

🌍🚀 Nouvelle publication HCoC ! Ambitions spatiales & prévention de la prolifération : quel rôle pour le HCoC dans la sécurité africaine ? Le HCoC comme levier de stabilité régionale 🛡️ 📖 À lire : www.nonproliferation.eu/hcoc/entre-a... #HCoC #NonProlifération #Afrique #SpaceSecurity

Amb. Alejandro Garofali (🇺🇾) on Uruguay’s Chairmanship of the #HCoC and recent outreach in Pretoria 🇿🇦. Working to strengthen multilateralism and promote dialogue on global security. 🌍🤝 ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QA7... #NonProliferation #InternationalSecurity #Multilateralism

Looks like North Korea's "hypersonic" missile test was conducted from around the same spot as March 27, 2023 and Hwsong-11A SRBM and Sep. 12, 2024 600mm MLRS tests, around a bunch of missile bases in Junghwa/Ryokpho south of Pyongyang (38°52'27.17" N 125°55'45.60" E) www.nknews.org/2026/01/nort...

🆕 The EU just adopted a new Council Decision in support of the #HCoC! At a time of intense missile activity, the HCoC is a key confidence-building instrument. @frstrategie.bsky.social is grateful to continue supporting its implementation. #NonProliferation #InternationalSecurity shorturl.at/WIEfE

⬇️🇺🇦🚀Reports regarding new missile developements in Ukraine. Ukraine is one of the case studies of our recent papers of the drivers for missile acquisition and development. 📰🔗Read it here: www.nonproliferation.eu/hcoc/the-gro...

🚨 Happening today! #HCoC webinar “The Shield and the Sword: The Impact of Ballistic Missile Defence on Missile Proliferation.” ⏰3 Dec. 2025 - 3:00 PM CET with Etienne Marcuz & Emmanuelle Maitre, FRS, Sitki Egeli, Izmir University of Economics and Zuzanna Gwadera, IISS–UK

We are concluding our seminar with a last session on Space developments and spread of dual-use technologies 🗣️David Kasibante, Alexandre Houdayer FRS @frstrategie.bsky.social, Jaymion Hendricks, and Danie Henning

SESSION 3: HCoC as Multilateral CBM Deep dive into the HCoC with: Alexandre Houdayer @frstrategie.bsky.social [UR] Amb. Garofali (HCoC Chair) [AU] GW Gallhofer @gwg-mfa.bsky.social 🔍 What is HCoC? How does it work? Obligations for subscribing states? 145 countries already on board! #HagueCode #CBM

Session 2: The Proliferation of Ballistic Missiles: Current Trends and Security Challenges Emmanuelle Maitre @frstrategie.bsky.social, Ian Fleming Zhou @ianflemingvip.bsky.social and Noel Stott @vertic.bsky.social evoke the dynamics and risks associated to ballistic missiles proliferation #HCoC

🌐SESSION 1: The Global Non-Proliferation & Disarmament Architecture, Southern Africa and the Issue of ‘Means Of Delivery’ with Gugu Dube, Simabatu Mayele Sims Nono, Kudakwashe Mapako, and Abdel-Darou Salim #SouthernAfrica #Disarmament

🚀Kicking-off in Pretoria 💼 #HCoC regional seminar " Missile Proliferation: What Role For Confidence-Building Measures Such As The HCoC?" is opening! 👥 With @frstrategie.bsky.social, @euinsa.bsky.social, DIRCO & @vertic.bsky.social #NonProliferation #RSA #Security

👉 Read the full study: www.nonproliferation.eu/hcoc/the-shi... #Missiles #NonProliferation #HCOC

🚀 New report | The Shield and the Sword: the impact of ballistic missile defence on missile proliferation A study by FRS for the #HCoC EU project looks at offence/defence dynamics & their implications for arms control. By Emmanuelle Maitre & Stéphane Delory 👉 tinyurl.com/4wffcfyy 🧵👇

🛰️ African space revolution: Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Angola building satellites Key: Same tech that launches satellites can deliver weapons #HCoC ensures transparent, peaceful space development as capabilities expand #AfricanSpace #DualUseTech #SpaceSecurity

📖 🆕 🚀 What are the relationship between ballistic missile defence and missile proliferation? @frstrategie.bsky.social experts explore this complex relation between shield and sword in this new study #GoldenDome #ballisticmissiles #armscontrol #HCoC 🔗https://tinyurl.com/2a2vvdhe

🚨 Ballistic systems circulating illegally via maritime routes pose risks to Africa. Insufficient border controls and limited maritime surveillance increase continental vulnerability The #HCoC provides frameworks to address these dual-use technology challenges #MaritimeSecurity #AfricanSecurity

🌍 Remarkable trend: 4 of 5 most recent #HCoC subscribers are African: Togo (2019) Equatorial Guinea (2020) Somalia (2020) São Tomé & Príncipe (2023) Africa leading global momentum for missile non-proliferation ✊ #AfricanLeadership #NonProliferation #GlobalSecurity

🚀 Dernière table ronde sur la dimension spatiale du HCoC et clôture de notre atelier à Djibouti. #SpaceSecurity #AfricaSpace Merci à l’@eudiplomacy.bsky.social pour son soutien réaffirmé qui nous a permis de tenir cet atelier et aux autorités djiboutiennes pour leur accueil!

SESSION 3: Deep dive into the HCoC with: ▪️ Alexandre Houdayer @frstrategie.bsky.social ▪️ Amb. Garofali (HCoC Chair) ▪️ @gwg-mfa.bsky.social, Executive secretariat, BMEIA 🔍 What is HCoC? How does it work? Obligations for subscribing states? 145 countries already on board! #HagueCode #CBM #HCoC

⚡SESSION 2 : prolifération des missiles balistiques : tendances actuelles & défis sécuritaires. 🗣️ E.Maitre (@frstrategie.bsky.social), Eva-Nour Repussard (BASIC) évoquent les tendances & risques associés à la prolifération des missiles balistiques #BallisticMissiles #SecurityChallenges #HCoC

🌐SESSION 1: Global non-proliferation & disarmament: Djibouti's role & missile case Abdel-Darou Salim, from UNREC, is leading our discussion on regional priorities regarding non-proliferation and disarmament and how delivery vehicles fit in this global architecture #EastAfrica #Disarmament

🚀AUJOURD'HUI À DJIBOUTI L'atelier "Priorités pour Djibouti en matière de Non-prolifération" commence! 💼 Journée cruciale pour renforcer la sécurité régionale et promouvoir le #HCoC 👥 Avec @frstrategie.bsky.social, UE à Djibouti & nos partenaires djiboutiens #NonProliferation #Djibouti #Security

Chinese military parade offers a glimpse on its #ballisticmissile programme. ▶️ Learn more about China's position on missile proliferation and especially the #HCoC here: www.nonproliferation.eu/hcoc/the-hco...

🚨 Appel à candidatures ! Le Réseau nucléaire & stratégie – Nouvelle génération (2025-26) ouvre son cycle 👇 👉 Étudiants (M2, doctorants) & jeunes pros <40 ans, intéressés par dissuasion & non-prolifération. 📩 Avant 6 oct. : [email protected] 🔗 tinyurl.com/3mjmpt3b @ifri.bsky.social

🛰️ Dans le dernier Défense & Industries, Stéphane Delory (FRS), analyse Golden Dome, projet relancé par Trump : 175 Mds $, défense antimissile + constellation PWSA. Objectif : restaurer la domination stratégique face à Chine & Russie. 👉 Lire : tinyurl.com/yc4hx5rr

Canada is joining the list of countries aiming at developing an orbital launcher 🚀 ▶️Interested in how the rise of #smalllaunchers impact ballistic missile proliferation ? 📖Re-read our report here: nonproliferation.eu/hcoc/the-ris...

Come work with me, @russianforces.org, and other great people at @unidir.org's WMD Programme as a Graduate Professional in Geneva or remotely unidir.org/job/graduate...

Congratulations for successful launch of #Ariane6, which @ArianeGroup presented to the #HCoCYouthGroup last November 🔽 www.nonproliferation.eu/hcoc/kick-of...

Liftoff of Ariane 6 flight #VA264 launching Metop-SG-A1 and Copernicus Sentinel-5A to orbit!

What are missile proliferation current and future challenges ? The #HCoC Youth Group proposes ways forward in this new report, exploring: ▶️Regional dimensions ▶️Non-state actors ▶️Adapting regularory instruments ▶️Space dimensions. Read the report here: shorturl.at/62lvu

More than 500 ballistic missiles have been launched by Iran between June 13 and June 25. What does this massive use of missiles in conflicts mean for arms control and confidence-building measures? Read our analysis: www.nonproliferation.eu/hcoc/the-hco...

📰Read our newsletter on our EU funded project around #HCoC: - #HCoC Annual Regular Meeting and designation of Uruguay as Chair - Interview of Amb. Wetzig from Chile - Outreach activities in Philippines and Nepal and more about #missileproliferation and #spacelaunchers shorturl.at/jHl1P

We just concluded our 2nd HCoC Youth Group in-person Meeting in Vienna!