Missiles

Hazardous operations 0200Z to 1400Z daily 12 thru 15 oct in area bound by 69-16.5N 034-45.0E, 69-28.0N…

Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 200/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-10-13 06:32Z

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 81/11 080530Z OCT 11.. Issued 2011-10-08 10:01Z. 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.

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Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2011-10-12 02:00Z2011-10-12 14:00Z—12 h
2011-10-13 02:00Z2011-10-13 14:00Z—12 h
2011-10-14 02:00Z2011-10-14 14:00Z—12 h
2011-10-15 02:00Z2011-10-15 14:00Z—12 h

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

issued
2011-10-08 10:01Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2011-10-15 15:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XX 81/11 080530Z OCT 11.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Barentsz Sea
position
68.726, 43.694
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
BARENTS SEA.
MISSILES.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0200Z TO 1400Z DAILY
   12 THRU 15 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
   69-16.5N 034-45.0E, 69-28.0N 034-45.0E,
   69-28.0N 040-00.0E, 69-00.0N 047-00.0E,
   68-40.0N 048-20.0E, 68-29.2N 051-40.0E,
   67-38.0N 048-00.0E, 67-50.0N 046-40.0E,
   68-20.0N 044-10.0E, 69-00.0N 036-30.0E,
   69-15.3N 035-15.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 151500Z OCT.

Reading this warning

Missile firing
Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

326 within 180 nm since 2010 · 3 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 10:36Z; 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.