Missiles

Hazardous operations 1900Z to 0200Z commencing daily 03 thru 18 mar: a. within nine miles of 69-17.64N…

Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 27/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-03-15 07:59Z

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 19/15 271829Z FEB 15.. Issued 2015-02-28 13:45Z. 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.

Related notices and cancellation links

These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.

  1. HYDROARC 27/15 · this notice2015-02-28 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 499/152015-02-28 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROARC 38/152015-03-15 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROLANT 625/152015-03-15 · Archived notice
Compare all 4 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Norwegian Sea →

Activity windows · 16 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2015-03-03 19:00Z2015-03-04 02:00Z—7 h
2015-03-04 19:00Z2015-03-05 02:00Z—7 h
2015-03-05 19:00Z2015-03-06 02:00Z—7 h
2015-03-06 19:00Z2015-03-07 02:00Z—7 h
2015-03-07 19:00Z2015-03-08 02:00Z—7 h
2015-03-08 19:00Z2015-03-09 02:00Z—7 h
2015-03-09 19:00Z2015-03-10 02:00Z—7 h
2015-03-10 19:00Z2015-03-11 02:00Z—7 h
… 8 more

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

issued
2015-02-28 13:45Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2015-03-19 03:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIX 19/15 271829Z FEB 15.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Norwegian Sea
position
69.896, 14.915
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORWEGIAN SEA.
NORWAY.
ROCKETS.
DNC 22.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1900Z TO 0200Z COMMENCING DAILY
   03 THRU 18 MAR:
   A. WITHIN NINE MILES OF 69-17.64N 016-01.11E
      BETWEEN 310 DEGREES AND 348 DEGREES.
   B. IN AREA BOUND BY
      69-21N 015-27E, 69-30N 016-15E,
      70-04N 015-57E, 70-34N 014-49E,
      70-07N 012-56E, 69-37N 014-21E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 190300Z MAR 15.

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.
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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.
Area bound by
Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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

67 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

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
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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 01:21Z; 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.