Hazardous operations 0100Z to 1700Z daily 18 thru 21 dec in area bound by 69-46.5N 041-45.0E, 69-46.5N…
White Sea · HYDROARC 419/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-12-21 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 211/15 150530Z DEC 15.. Issued 2015-12-15 05:52Z. 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
- White 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-18 01:00Z | 2015-12-18 17:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2015-12-19 01:00Z | 2015-12-19 17:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2015-12-20 01:00Z | 2015-12-20 17:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2015-12-21 01:00Z | 2015-12-21 17:00Z | — | 16 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2015-12-15 05:52Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-12-21 18:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 211/15 150530Z DEC 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- White Sea
- position
- 67.672, 42.401
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARCTIC. BARENTS SEA. WHITE SEA. MISSILES. DNC 22. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0100Z TO 1700Z DAILY 18 THRU 21 DEC IN AREA BOUND BY 69-46.5N 041-45.0E, 69-46.5N 046-57.0E, 69-10.0N 048-15.0E, 68-40.0N 049-15.0E, 68-10.0N 050-17.0E, 65-08.5N 036-50.5E, 65-17.5N 034-28.5E, 65-51.0N 034-51.5E, 66-23.0N 035-39.0E, 68-10.0N 039-50.0E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 211800Z DEC 15.
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.
- 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
166 within 180 nm since 2010 · 2 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 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 232100Z to 240001Z, 0001Z to 1800Z and 2100Z to 0001Z daily 24 thru…2026-08-18
- Missile operations 202100Z to 222100Z and 242100Z to 262100Z mar in area bound by 69-44.00N 037-06.00E,…2024-03-15
- Missile operations 172100Z to 212100Z dec in area bound by 69-44.00N 037-06.00E, 69-44.00N 035-00.00E,…2023-12-14
- Missile operations 0600Z to 1300Z daily 23 thru 28 oct in areas bound by: a. 68-40.78N 050-49.73E, 68-55.33N…2023-10-19
- Missile operations 0600Z to 1900Z daily 19 thru 22 sep in area bound by 68-30.00N 045-36.00E, 68-30.00N…2023-09-18
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
8 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 23:35Z; 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.