Missiles

Hazardous operations 0200Z to 1500Z daily 13 jan thru 10 feb within 169 miles of 73-23N 143-23W

Arctic Ocean · HYDROARC 5/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-02-10 16:00Z

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 XVII 3/15 092325Z JAN 15.. Issued 2015-01-10 00:07Z. 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
Arctic Ocean. The parsed report position is 73.383, -143.383 with a 169.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Arctic Ocean →

Activity windows · 29 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2015-01-13 02:00Z2015-01-13 15:00Z—13 h
2015-01-14 02:00Z2015-01-14 15:00Z—13 h
2015-01-15 02:00Z2015-01-15 15:00Z—13 h
2015-01-16 02:00Z2015-01-16 15:00Z—13 h
2015-01-17 02:00Z2015-01-17 15:00Z—13 h
2015-01-18 02:00Z2015-01-18 15:00Z—13 h
2015-01-19 02:00Z2015-01-19 15:00Z—13 h
2015-01-20 02:00Z2015-01-20 15:00Z—13 h
… 21 more

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

issued
2015-01-10 00:07Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2015-02-10 16:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XVII 3/15 092325Z JAN 15.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XVII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Arctic Ocean
position
73.383, -143.383 · r 169.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
BEAUFORT SEA.
ROCKETS.
DNC 27.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0200Z TO 1500Z DAILY
   13 JAN THRU 10 FEB
   WITHIN 169 MILES OF 73-23N 143-23W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 101600Z FEB 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.
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

2 within 180 nm since 2013 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

13
15

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

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
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

6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:08Z; 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.