Missiles

Missile operations 0001Z to 1500Z daily 26 thru 28 sep in area bound by 80-54.0N 038-00.0E, 81-24.0N…

Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 230/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-09-28 16:00Z

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 128/19 250947Z SEP 19.. Issued 2019-09-25 11:15Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Barentsz Sea →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2019-09-26 00:01Z2019-09-26 15:00Z—14 h 59
2019-09-27 00:01Z2019-09-27 15:00Z—14 h 59
2019-09-28 00:01Z2019-09-28 15:00Z—14 h 59

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

issued
2019-09-25 11:15Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2019-09-28 16:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XX 128/19 250947Z SEP 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Barentsz Sea
position
79.107, 45.871
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 0001Z TO 1500Z DAILY
   26 THRU 28 SEP IN AREA BOUND BY
   80-54.0N 038-00.0E, 81-24.0N 044-30.0E,
   80-50.0N 046-00.0E, 80-52.0N 047-30.0E,
   80-50.0N 049-00.0E, 80-31.0N 048-50.0E,
   80-19.0N 048-45.0E, 80-18.0N 048-45.0E,
   80-17.0N 051-05.0E, 80-13.0N 052-15.0E,
   80-09.0N 053-32.0E, 80-06.0N 054-22.0E,
   78-41.0N 051-51.0E, 78-30.0N 050-30.0E,
   77-21.0N 052-00.0E, 77-17.0N 051-20.0E,
   77-26.0N 049-24.0E, 76-10.0N 047-30.0E,
   76-10.0N 045-40.0E, 77-27.0N 043-30.0E,
   78-39.0N 041-02.0E, 80-02.0N 038-22.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 281600Z SEP 19.

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

11 within 180 nm since 2019 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

19
20
21

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
O
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 18:16Z; 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.