Related publications: Missile non-proliferation

Iran’s ballistic missile programme has long been a source of tension in Iran’s immediate neighbourhood and beyond.

This SIPRI Background Paper takes stock of the current state of the art of the technology by explaining its basic features and by highlighting the level of maturity and spread of AM applications in the aerospace sector.

This report outlines common challenges faced by the regimes and different formats that participating states can use for engaging in dialogue and coordinating regime controls.

This SIPRI Policy Brief contributes to the discussion on missile proliferation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by providing an overview of regional missile arsenals, and by considering ways to address related risks.

Additive manufacturing (AM) has become an attractive production technology for the aerospace sector, particularly in the area of missiles, space launch vehicles and uncrewed aerial vehicles. This report discusses the proliferation risks posed by AM and the engineering and organizational considerations that have to be weighed against the technical capabilities of AM.

Over the past few years, China has displayed a wide range of advances in military capabilities and infrastructure, including its test of a hypersonic glide vehicle coupled with a fractional orbital bombardment system and evidence of new intercontinental ballistic missile silos.

This paper seeks to improve the understanding of hypersonic missiles, increase awareness among policymakers and export control officials, and inform the ongoing technical and policy discussions within the MTCR to strengthen efforts to limit the proliferation of hypersonic missiles.

The supposed benefits of hypersonic missile technology and the reconsideration of the European security landscape following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine may act as a catalyst for multiple European states to acquire or develop high-speed systems.

This report identifies developments, trends and possible proliferation scenarios linked to the NewSpace industry that pose possible missile proliferation risks and challenges for MTCR export controls.

This SIPRI Report is the final output of the SIPRI research project ‘Quo vadis MTCR: The Missile Technology Control Regime at a crossroads’, co-funded by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the German Federal Foreign Office.

The MTCR is a cornerstone of the non-proliferation architecture for missiles and other uncrewed aerial vehicles.

NewSpace is changing the nature of the space industry, exacerbating missile proliferation risks and posing challenges for the effective implementation of export controls.

This report explores a series of cases of export control violations and cases where the risk of a possible violation was identified involving missile-related ITT or software.