Missile operations 142100Z to 252100Z aug in area bound by 76-24N 060-45E, 75-11N 054-55E, 75-11N 047-00E,…
Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 179/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-08-25 22:00Z
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 113/21 101731Z AUG 21.. Issued 2021-08-10 19:40Z. 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
- Barentsz 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.
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-14 21:00Z | 2021-08-25 21:00Z | — | 264 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2021-08-10 19:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-08-25 22:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 113/21 101731Z AUG 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Barentsz Sea
- position
- 73.885, 53.919
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BARENTS SEA. RUSSIA. DNC 22. 1. MISSILE OPERATIONS 142100Z TO 252100Z AUG IN AREA BOUND BY 76-24N 060-45E, 75-11N 054-55E, 75-11N 047-00E, 71-35N 047-00E, 71-35N 051-00E, 72-00N 055-20E, 72-39N 056-38E, 75-28N 063-50E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 252200Z AUG 21.
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.
- Missile firing
- Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
66 within 180 nm since 2010 · 1 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.
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 192100Z to 200001Z, 0000Z to 1800Z and 2100Z to 0000Z daily 20 thru…2026-08-17
- Missile operations 0300Z to 1900Z daily 03 thru 05 nov in area bound by 72-30.00N 052-47.00E, 73-05.00N…2023-10-29
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0500Z to 1700Z daily 03 thru 05 nov in area bound by 73-05.00N…2022-10-30
- Missile operations 0500Z to 1900Z daily 19 thru 20 aug in area bound by 75-46.50N 049-28.00E, 75-36.00N…2022-08-17
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0900Z to 1500Z daily 06 thru 10 jun in area bound by 72-21.60N…2022-06-01
- Missile operations 0500Z to 1700Z daily 22, 23, 25 and 26 oct in area bound by 73-05N 051-00E, 72-30N…2021-10-20
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
8 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 23:13Z; 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.