Missile operations 0600Z to 1300Z daily 23 thru 28 oct in areas bound by: a. 68-40.78N 050-49.73E, 68-55.33N…
Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 264/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-10-28 14:00Z
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 158/23 181927Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-19 09:05Z. 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.
Activity windows · 6 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-23 06:00Z | 2023-10-23 13:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 2023-10-24 06:00Z | 2023-10-24 13:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 2023-10-25 06:00Z | 2023-10-25 13:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 2023-10-26 06:00Z | 2023-10-26 13:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 2023-10-27 06:00Z | 2023-10-27 13:00Z | — | 7 h |
| 2023-10-28 06:00Z | 2023-10-28 13:00Z | — | 7 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2023-10-19 09:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-10-28 14:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 158/23 181927Z OCT 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Barentsz Sea
- position
- 68.454, 49.107
- 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 0600Z TO 1300Z DAILY
23 THRU 28 OCT IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 68-40.78N 050-49.73E, 68-55.33N 051-20.59E,
68-53.50N 050-29.47E, 68-36.68N 048-56.06E,
68-14.36N 047-31.48E, 67-59.29N 047-04.75E,
68-20.08N 049-23.38E.
B. 67-33.00N 045-19.00E, 67-29.00N 045-02.00E,
67-22.00N 045-13.00E, 67-26.00N 045-30.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 281400Z 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
142 within 180 nm since 2010 · 5 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.
- Missile operations 0200Z to 1400Z daily 12 and 13 sep in area bound by 67-19.00N 045-00.00E, 67-48.70N…2026-09-08
- Missile operations 0200Z to 1700Z daily 08 thru 11 sep in area bound by 67-19.00N 045-00.00E, 67-48.70N…2026-09-04
- Missile operations 0100Z to 1400Z daily 04 and 05 sep in areas bound by: a. 69-22.00N 037-56.00E, 68-58.00N…2026-08-31
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0001Z to 1800Z daily until 23 aug in area bound by 69-17.00N…2026-08-19
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 232100Z to 240001Z, 0001Z to 1800Z and 2100Z to 0001Z daily 24 thru…2026-08-18
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 29 feb thru 04 mar in area bound by 69-17.00N 051-14.00E, 69-01.00N…2024-02-28
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 2026-10-02 12:48Z; 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.