Hazardous operations 140500Z to 141400Z oct, alternate 0500Z to 1400Z daily 15 thru 17 oct in area bound by…
Kara Sea · HYDROARC 297/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-10-17 15:00Z
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 183/16 111730Z OCT 16.. Issued 2016-10-11 19:37Z. 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
- Kara 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 · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-14 05:00Z | 2016-10-14 14:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2016-10-15 05:00Z | 2016-10-15 14:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2016-10-16 05:00Z | 2016-10-16 14:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2016-10-17 05:00Z | 2016-10-17 14:00Z | — | 9 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2016-10-11 19:37Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-10-17 15:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 183/16 111730Z OCT 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Kara Sea
- position
- 74.707, 63.427
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARCTIC. KARA SEA. RUSSIA. MISSILES. DNC 22. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 140500Z TO 141400Z OCT, ALTERNATE 0500Z TO 1400Z DAILY 15 THRU 17 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 75-40.0N 065-23.0E, 73-33.0N 065-23.0E, 74-42.0N 059-40.0E, 75-38.0N 063-50.0E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 171500Z OCT 16.
Reading this warning
- Missile firing
- Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
36 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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 202100Z to 202359Z, 0001Z to 1800Z and 2100Z to 2359Z daily 21 thru…2026-08-20
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0001Z to 2359Z daily 02 thru 10 apr in area bound by 71-55.00N…2024-03-28
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 300001Z oct to 040001Z nov in area bound by 71-55.00N 061-01.00E,…2023-10-25
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0900Z to 1900Z daily 30 aug thru 10 sep in area bound by 72-15.00N…2023-08-25
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 302100Z sep to 152100Z oct in area bound by 76-24N 060-45E, 75-11N…2021-09-27
- Missile operations 142100Z to 252100Z aug in area bound by 76-24N 060-45E, 75-11N 054-55E, 75-11N 047-00E,…2021-08-10
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 2026-10-02 06:20Z; 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.