Missiles

Hazardous operations 0115Z to 0215Z daily 28 and 29 jul within 27 miles of 78-16N 163-55E

Arctic Ocean · HYDROARC 93/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-07-29 03:15Z

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 XXI 34/12 251830Z JUL 12.. Issued 2012-07-26 00:11Z. 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 78.267, 163.917 with a 27.0 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 reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.

  1. HYDROARC 75/122012-07-10 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROARC 93/12 · this notice2012-07-26 · Archived notice
Compare all 2 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Arctic Ocean →

issued
2012-07-26 00:11Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2012-07-29 03:15Z
authority
NAVAREA XXI 34/12 251830Z JUL 12.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XXI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Arctic Ocean
position
78.267, 163.917 · r 27.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARTIC.
EAST SIBERIAN SEA.
ROCKETS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0115Z TO 0215Z DAILY
   28 AND 29 JUL WITHIN 27 MILES OF 78-16N 163-55E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 290315Z JUL 12.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

13 within 180 nm since 2012 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

12
15
19

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
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A
M
J
J
A
S
O
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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

7 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 20:33Z; 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.