Missiles

Missile and gunnery operations 0500Z to 1700Z daily 24 and 25 oct, alternate 0500Z to 1700Z daily 26 and 27…

Arctic Ocean · HYDROARC 263/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-10-27 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 XX 157/23 190637Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-19 07:00Z. 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: Arctic Ocean. 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 Arctic Ocean →

issued: 2023-10-19 07:00Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2023-10-27 18:00Z
authority: NAVAREA XX 157/23 190637Z OCT 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Arctic Ocean
position: 82.244, 96.775
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
RUSSIA.
DNC 22, DNC 27.
1. MISSILE AND GUNNERY OPERATIONS
   0500Z TO 1700Z DAILY 24 AND 25 OCT,
   ALTERNATE 0500Z TO 1700Z DAILY
   26 AND 27 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
   82-43.12N 105-40.12E, 83-01.12N 105-25.12E,
   82-46.12N 088-07.12E, 82-40.48N 086-54.00E,
   81-43.12N 088-51.00E, 81-25.48N 089-49.12E,
   81-42.00N 104-25.12E, 81-43.12N 105-28.48E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 271800Z OCT 23.

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.
Gunnery and live firing: Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

37 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 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.

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

5 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-27 13:27Z; 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.