Hazardous operations 0100Z to 1700Z daily 22 thru 25 dec in area bound by 70-57.7N 035-56.0E, 70-04.8N…
White Sea · HYDROARC 425/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-12-25 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 212/15 191730Z DEC 15.. Issued 2015-12-19 18:28Z. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-22 01:00Z | 2015-12-22 17:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2015-12-23 01:00Z | 2015-12-23 17:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2015-12-24 01:00Z | 2015-12-24 17:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2015-12-25 01:00Z | 2015-12-25 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
- 2015-12-19 18:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-12-25 18:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 212/15 191730Z DEC 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- White Sea
- position
- 68.125, 41.126
- 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 22 THRU 25 DEC IN AREA BOUND BY 70-57.7N 035-56.0E, 70-04.8N 038-24.5E, 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, 68-21.5N 038-38.0E, 69-07.6N 036-41.6E, 69-20.0N 036-00.0E, 69-30.0N 033-53.6E, 69-34.5N 033-38.5E, 69-43.0N 033-38.5E, 70-05.2N 033-21.5E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 251800Z 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
435 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 051200Z to 051500Z and 0400Z to 1500Z daily 06 and 07 oct in area bound by 70-07.00N…2026-09-29
- Missile operations 0400Z to 1500Z daily 25 and 26 sep in area bound by 70-18.00N 036-10.00E, 69-53.00N…2026-09-20
- Missile operations 0200Z to 1500Z daily 11 thru 13 sep in area bound by 69-53.00N 032-57.00E, 70-07.00N…2026-09-09
- Missile and gunnery operations 0500Z to 1900Z daily 05 thru 10 sep in areas bound by: a. 69-43.00N…2026-09-02
- 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
- Missile operations 031500Z to 031900Z and 040500Z to 041900Z may in area bound by 69-44.00N 035-55.00E,…2024-05-02
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 2026-10-01 22:26Z; 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.