Missiles

Hazardous operations 0400 to 1400Z daily 02 thru 20 feb within 160 miles of 73-40N 142-40W

Arctic Ocean · HYDROARC 7/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-02-07 23:50Z

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 7/13 012330Z FEB 13.. Issued 2013-02-02 01:22Z. 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 73.667, -142.667 with a 160.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.

  1. HYDROARC 7/13 · this notice2013-02-02 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROARC 8/132013-02-07 · Archived notice
Compare all 2 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Arctic Ocean →

issued
2013-02-02 01:22Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2013-02-20 15:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XVII 7/13 012330Z FEB 13.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XVII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Arctic Ocean
position
73.667, -142.667 · r 160.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ALASKA-NORTH COAST.
BEAUFORT SEA.
ROCKETS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0400 TO 1400Z DAILY
   02 THRU 20 FEB WITHIN 160 MILES OF
   73-40N 142-40W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 201500Z FEB 13.

Reading this warning

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

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M
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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 14:16Z; 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.