Missiles

Missile operations 1200Z to 1800Z daily 08 thru 11 may in area bound by 69-01.5N 015-29.4E, 69-03.3N…

Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 72/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-05-09 22:26Z

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 XIX 37/19 031830Z MAY 19.. Issued 2019-05-03 17:35Z. 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
Norwegian 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.

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Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2019-05-08 12:00Z2019-05-08 18:00Z—6 h
2019-05-09 12:00Z2019-05-09 18:00Z—6 h
2019-05-10 12:00Z2019-05-10 18:00Z—6 h
2019-05-11 12:00Z2019-05-11 18:00Z—6 h

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

issued
2019-05-03 17:35Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2019-05-11 19:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIX 37/19 031830Z MAY 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Norwegian Sea
position
69.266, 15.148
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORWEGIAN SEA.
NORWAY.
DNC 22.
1. MISSILE OPERATIONS 1200Z TO 1800Z DAILY
   08 THRU 11 MAY IN AREA BOUND BY
   69-01.5N 015-29.4E, 69-03.3N 014-32.0E,
   69-29.0N 014-32.0E, 69-29.0N 015-45.3E,
   69-11.4N 015-49.4E, 69-01.5N 015-29.4E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 111900Z MAY 19.

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.
Missile firing
Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

62 within 180 nm since 2010 · 3 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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26

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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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 08:51Z; 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.