Military exercises in the Arabian Sea

Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas.

in force
3
last 12 months
20
vs previous 12 (10)
+100%
since 1999
1,753

Coverage note: the NGA archive ends 2024-05 and live collection began 2026-08-17. Warnings issued in between are here only if they were still in force when collection started, so 2024–2026 are under-counted.

In force now · 3

  1. HYDROPAC 2337/26in force2026-08-14
    Hazardous operations are occurring in the Gulf of Khambhat, India, from 190230Z to 191130Z in a bounded area.
    Gulf of Khambhat · India
  2. HYDROPAC 2314/26in force2026-08-12
    Hazardous operations are underway in the Arabian Sea off India, August 12 to August 16, in two areas.
    Arabian Sea · India
  3. HYDROPAC 2169/26in force2026-07-21
    Pakistan conducts hazardous operations in the Arabian Sea on August 3-7, 10-14, 17-21, 24-28, and 31, from 0300 to 1900Z daily.
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan

Longest in force

  1. HYDROPAC 2169/26in force2026-07-21 · 32 d
    Pakistan conducts hazardous operations in the Arabian Sea on August 3-7, 10-14, 17-21, 24-28, and 31, from 0300 to 1900Z daily.
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  2. HYDROPAC 2314/26in force2026-08-12 · 10 d
    Hazardous operations are underway in the Arabian Sea off India, August 12 to August 16, in two areas.
    Arabian Sea · India
  3. HYDROPAC 2337/26in force2026-08-14 · 8 d
    Hazardous operations are occurring in the Gulf of Khambhat, India, from 190230Z to 191130Z in a bounded area.
    Gulf of Khambhat · India

By year

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Other hazards in the Arabian Sea

Archive · 1,750 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 728/162016-03-14 → 2016-03-30
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  2. HYDROPAC 685/162016-03-10 → 2016-03-16
    Hazardous operations
    Northern Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  3. HYDROPAC 584/162016-03-01 → 2016-03-14
    Hazardous operations
    Northern Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  4. HYDROPAC 540/162016-02-26 → 2016-02-28
    Hazardous operations
    India-west Coast · Gulf of Khambhat
  5. HYDROPAC 538/162016-02-26 → 2016-03-02
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  6. HYDROPAC 535/162016-02-26 → 2016-03-31
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  7. HYDROPAC 519/162016-02-25 → 2016-03-15
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  8. HYDROPAC 479/162016-02-20 → 2016-02-25
    Hazardous operations
    India-west Coast · Gulf of Kachchh
  9. HYDROPAC 477/162016-02-20 → 2016-02-24
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  10. HYDROPAC 475/162016-02-20 → 2016-02-24
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  11. HYDROPAC 423/162016-02-15 → 2016-02-20
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  12. HYDROPAC 360/162016-02-08 → 2016-02-09
    Hazardous operations
    India-west Coast · Gulf of Khambhat
  13. HYDROPAC 250/162016-01-28 → 2016-02-29
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  14. HYDROPAC 229/162016-01-27 → 2016-02-29
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  15. HYDROPAC 160/162016-01-18 → 2016-01-21
    Hazardous operations
    India-west Coast · Gulf of Kachchh
  16. HYDROPAC 55/162016-01-07 → 2016-01-09
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  17. HYDROPAC 28/162016-01-05 → 2016-01-07
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  18. HYDROPAC 4225/152015-12-28 → 2016-01-29
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  19. HYDROPAC 4169/152015-12-23 → 2015-12-29
    Hazardous operations
    India-west Coast · Gulf of Khambhat
  20. HYDROPAC 4126/152015-12-18 → 2015-12-21
    Hazardous operations
    India-west Coast · Gulf of Kachchh
  21. HYDROPAC 4125/152015-12-18 → 2015-12-23
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  22. HYDROPAC 4108/152015-12-17 → 2015-12-23
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  23. HYDROPAC 4047/152015-12-12 → 2016-01-28
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  24. HYDROPAC 4040/152015-12-11 → 2015-12-14
    Gulf of khambhat hazardous operations
    India-west Coast
  25. HYDROPAC 3886/152015-11-26 → 2015-12-31
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  26. HYDROPAC 3847/152015-11-23 → 2015-11-25
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  27. HYDROPAC 3793/152015-11-19 → 2015-11-23
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast · Gulf of Kachchh
  28. HYDROPAC 3685/152015-11-11 → 2015-11-30
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  29. HYDROPAC 3596/152015-11-02 → 2015-11-06
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  30. HYDROPAC 3562/152015-10-29 → 2015-11-01
    Hazardous operations: a. 310030Z to 310730Z oct in area bound by 14-56N 070-40E, 15-10N 070-14E, 15-49N…
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  31. HYDROPAC 3537/152015-10-27 → 2015-10-29
    Gulf of khambhat hazardous operations
    India-west Coast
  32. HYDROPAC 3520/152015-10-26 → 2015-10-29
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast · Gulf of Kachchh
  33. HYDROPAC 3519/152015-10-26 → 2015-11-01
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  34. HYDROPAC 3492/152015-10-23 → 2015-10-28
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  35. HYDROPAC 3464/152015-10-21 → 2015-10-29
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  36. HYDROPAC 3416/152015-10-16 → 2015-10-21
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  37. HYDROPAC 3375/152015-10-14 → 2015-10-15
    Hazardous operations
    India-west Coast · Gulf of Khambhat
  38. HYDROPAC 3355/152015-10-12 → 2015-10-13
    Hazardous operations
    India-west Coast · Gulf of Khambhat
  39. HYDROPAC 3334/152015-10-09 → 2015-10-15
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  40. HYDROPAC 3310/152015-10-07 → 2015-10-09
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  41. HYDROPAC 3263/152015-10-02 → 2015-10-09
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  42. HYDROPAC 3260/152015-10-02 → 2015-10-08
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  43. HYDROPAC 3229/152015-09-29 → 2015-10-30
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  44. HYDROPAC 3066/152015-09-16 → 2015-09-21
    Hazardous operations
    India-west Coast · Gulf of Kachchh
  45. HYDROPAC 3037/152015-09-14 → 2015-09-17
    Hazardous operations
    Indian-west Coast · Gulf of Khambhat
  46. HYDROPAC 2827/152015-08-27 → 2015-09-30
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  47. HYDROPAC 2766/152015-08-20 → 2015-08-24
    Hazardous operations
    India-west Coast · Gulf of Kachchh
  48. HYDROPAC 2551/152015-08-03 → 2015-08-07
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  49. HYDROPAC 2487/152015-07-29 → 2015-08-28
    Hazardous operations
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  50. HYDROPAC 2367/152015-07-19 → 2015-07-23
    Hazardous operations
    India-west Coast · Gulf of Kachchh

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