Hazardous operations 0100Z to 1700Z daily 22 thru 25 aug in area bound by 68-10.0N 039-50.0E, 69-46.5N…
White Sea · HYDROARC 173/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-08-25 18:00Z
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 133/16 180530Z AUG 16.. Issued 2016-08-18 06:02Z. 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
- White Sea. 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 reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROARC 166/162016-08-13 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 173/16 · this notice2016-08-18 · Archived notice
Activity windows · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-22 01:00Z | 2016-08-22 17:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2016-08-23 01:00Z | 2016-08-23 17:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2016-08-24 01:00Z | 2016-08-24 17:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2016-08-25 01:00Z | 2016-08-25 17:00Z | — | 16 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2016-08-18 06:02Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-08-25 18:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 133/16 180530Z AUG 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- White Sea
- position
- 67.661, 42.409
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARCTIC. BARENTS SEA. WHITE SEA. MISSILES. DNC 22. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0100Z TO 1700Z DAILY 22 THRU 25 AUG IN AREA BOUND BY 68-10.0N 039-50.0E, 69-46.5N 042-02.0E, 69-46.5N 046-57.0E, 69-10.0N 048-15.0E, 68-40.0N 049-15.0E, 68-10.0N 050-17.0E, 65-08.5N 036-50.5E, 65-17.5N 034-28.5E, 65-51.0N 034-51.5E, 66-23.0N 035-39.0E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 251800Z AUG 16.
Reading this warning
- Missile firing
- Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
166 within 180 nm since 2010 · 2 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
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.
- Missile operations 0100Z to 1400Z daily 04 and 05 sep in areas bound by: a. 69-22.00N 037-56.00E, 68-58.00N…2026-08-31
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 232100Z to 240001Z, 0001Z to 1800Z and 2100Z to 0001Z daily 24 thru…2026-08-18
- Missile operations 202100Z to 222100Z and 242100Z to 262100Z mar in area bound by 69-44.00N 037-06.00E,…2024-03-15
- Missile operations 172100Z to 212100Z dec in area bound by 69-44.00N 037-06.00E, 69-44.00N 035-00.00E,…2023-12-14
- Missile operations 0600Z to 1300Z daily 23 thru 28 oct in areas bound by: a. 68-40.78N 050-49.73E, 68-55.33N…2023-10-19
- Missile operations 0600Z to 1900Z daily 19 thru 22 sep in area bound by 68-30.00N 045-36.00E, 68-30.00N…2023-09-18
Month of issue in the collected archive
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 01:48Z; 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.