Missiles

Missile operations 0300Z to 1700Z daily 05 thru 07 feb in area bound by 66-00N 003-00E, 66-00N 006-00E,…

Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 18/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-02-07 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 XIX 12/20 021830Z FEB 20.. Issued 2020-02-02 19:08Z. 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
Norwegian 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Norwegian Sea →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2020-02-05 03:00Z2020-02-05 17:00Z—14 h
2020-02-06 03:00Z2020-02-06 17:00Z—14 h
2020-02-07 03:00Z2020-02-07 17:00Z—14 h

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

issued
2020-02-02 19:08Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2020-02-07 18:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIX 12/20 021830Z FEB 20.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Norwegian Sea
position
66.500, 4.500
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORWEGIAN SEA.
DNC 20, DNC 21.
1. MISSILE OPERATIONS 0300Z TO 1700Z DAILY
   05 THRU 07 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY
   66-00N 003-00E, 66-00N 006-00E,
   67-00N 006-00E, 67-00N 003-00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 071800Z FEB 20.

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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

3 within 180 nm since 2020 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

20
22

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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F
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A
M
J
J
A
S
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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 14:09Z; 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.