Missile operations 0500Z to 1700Z daily 22, 23, 25 and 26 oct in area bound by 73-05N 051-00E, 72-30N…
Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 295/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-10-26 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 174/21 191731Z OCT 21.. Issued 2021-10-20 12:00Z. 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
- 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Missile operations 0500Z to 1700Z daily 22 and 23 oct in area bound by 73-05N 051-00E, 72-30N 052-47E,…cancelled by this notice
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.
- HYDROARC 288/212021-10-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 294/212021-10-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 295/21 · this notice2021-10-20 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2021-10-20 12:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-10-26 18:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 174/21 191731Z OCT 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Barentsz Sea
- position
- 72.239, 50.101
- 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 0500Z TO 1700Z DAILY 22, 23, 25 AND 26 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 73-05N 051-00E, 72-30N 052-47E, 71-24N 049-25E, 72-00N 047-20E. 2. CANCEL HYDROARC 294/21. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 261800Z OCT 21.
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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROARC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Arctic Ocean.
- 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
70 within 180 nm since 2010 · 1 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.
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 192100Z to 200001Z, 0000Z to 1800Z and 2100Z to 0000Z daily 20 thru…2026-08-17
- Missile operations 0300Z to 1900Z daily 03 thru 05 nov in area bound by 72-30.00N 052-47.00E, 73-05.00N…2023-10-29
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0500Z to 1700Z daily 03 thru 05 nov in area bound by 73-05.00N…2022-10-30
- Missile operations 0500Z to 1900Z daily 19 thru 20 aug in area bound by 75-46.50N 049-28.00E, 75-36.00N…2022-08-17
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0900Z to 1500Z daily 06 thru 10 jun in area bound by 72-21.60N…2022-06-01
- Missile operations 0500Z to 1700Z daily 22 and 23 oct in area bound by 73-05N 051-00E, 72-30N 052-47E,…2021-10-19
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
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 22:19Z; 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.