Missiles

Hazardous operations 0800Z to 1800Z daily 16 apr thru 06 may in areas bound by: a. 69-30.0N 015-30.0E,…

Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 24/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-05-06 19:00Z

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 34/12 131830Z APR 12.. Issued 2012-04-13 21:34Z. 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 · 21 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2012-04-16 08:00Z2012-04-16 18:00Z—10 h
2012-04-17 08:00Z2012-04-17 18:00Z—10 h
2012-04-18 08:00Z2012-04-18 18:00Z—10 h
2012-04-19 08:00Z2012-04-19 18:00Z—10 h
2012-04-20 08:00Z2012-04-20 18:00Z—10 h
2012-04-21 08:00Z2012-04-21 18:00Z—10 h
2012-04-22 08:00Z2012-04-22 18:00Z—10 h
2012-04-23 08:00Z2012-04-23 18:00Z—10 h
… 13 more

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

issued
2012-04-13 21:34Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2012-05-06 19:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIX 34/12 131830Z APR 12.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Norwegian Sea
position
71.734, 13.303
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
NORWAY-NORTH COAST.
ROCKETS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0800Z TO 1800Z DAILY
   16 APR THRU 06 MAY IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 69-30.0N 015-30.0E, 69-33.6N 015-54.0E,
      69-24.0N 016-06.0E, 69-21.0N 015-57.0E,
      69-19.8N 015-45.0E, 68-30.0N 015-30.0E.
   B. 70-00.0N 015-30.0E, 69.48.0N 011-00.0E,
      72-00.0N 007-00.0E, 73-00.0N 011-00.0E,
      73-12.0N 015-30.0E, 71-00.0N 018-00.0E,
      70-00.0N 015-30.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 061900Z MAY.

Reading this warning

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

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

10
15
20
25
26

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 2026-10-04 04:07Z; 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.