Missiles

1 hazardous operations 252230Z to 260430Z, 262100Z to 270300Z, 271930Z to 280130Z and 290530 to 291130Z mar…

Arctic Ocean · HYDROARC 13/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-03-29 12:30Z

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 XX 18/13 211730Z MAR 13.. Issued 2013-03-22 06:04Z. 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
Arctic Ocean. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Arctic Ocean →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2013-03-25 22:30Z2013-03-26 04:30Z—6 h
2013-03-26 21:00Z2013-03-27 03:00Z—6 h
2013-03-27 19:30Z2013-03-28 01:30Z—6 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2013-03-22 06:04Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2013-03-29 12:30Z
authority
NAVAREA XX 18/13 211730Z MAR 13.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Arctic Ocean
position
82.075, 96.576
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
BARENTS SEA.
ROCKETS.
1 HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 252230Z TO 260430Z,
  262100Z TO 270300Z, 271930Z TO 280130Z
  AND 290530 TO 291130Z MAR IN AREAS:
  A. BETWEEN
     69-33.0N 69-27.0N AND 034-10.0E 035-00.0E.
  B. BOUND BY
     71-30.0N 034-50.4E, 71-11.4N 037-46.8E,
     70-24.6N 037-10.2E, 70-41.4N 034-19.2E,
     70-52.8N 034-19.8E.
  C. BOUND BY
     82-33.0N 086-55.8E, 82-38.4N 088-07.2E,
     82-52.8N 105-07.8E, 82-34.8N 105-23.4E,
     81-36.0N 105-11.4E, 81-33.6N 104-09.0E,
     81-18.6N 089-46.2E, 81-36.0N 088-48.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 291230Z MAR 13.

Reading this warning

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.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

37 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

10
15
20
23

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

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
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N
D

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

7 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 19:50Z; 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.