Missiles

Hazardous operations 1740Z to 1840Z daily 16 and 17 feb in area bound by 77-36-40N 075-52-30W, 77-35-45N…

Baffin Bay · HYDROARC 10/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-02-17 19:40Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA XVIII 8/16 151906Z FEB 16.. Issued 2016-02-15 19:45Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Baffin Bay. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.

  1. HYDROARC 10/16 · this notice2016-02-15 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROARC 12/162016-02-17 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Baffin Bay →

issued
2016-02-15 19:45Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2016-02-17 19:40Z
authority
NAVAREA XVIII 8/16 151906Z FEB 16.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XVIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Baffin Bay
position
77.198, -75.196
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
BAFFIN BAY.
ROCKETS.
DNC 28.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1740Z TO 1840Z DAILY
   16 AND 17 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY
   77-36-40N 075-52-30W, 77-35-45N 074-08-00W,
   77-07-00N 073-06-00W, 76-47-25N 074-21-40W,
   76-47-50N 076-00-00W, 77-01-30N 076-58-00W,
   77-22-05N 077-05-35W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 171940Z FEB 16.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Hazardous operations
NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
Area bound by
Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
Position (degrees and minutes)
How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

6 within 180 nm since 2011 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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15
19

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 08:59Z; source collection times vary.

Missiles

Missile firings, rocket launches and space debris re-entry areas. All current missile & rocket hazards →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.