Missiles

Missile and gunnery operations in progress 0530Z to sunset daily every wednesday thru saturday until 31 dec:…

Aegean Sea · HYDROLANT 107/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-01-14 21:35Z

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) · GREEK NAVTEX 125/24 142051Z JAN 24.. Issued 2024-01-14 21:18Z. 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
Aegean 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.

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. HYDROLANT 4194/172017-12-27 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 4046/182018-12-28 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROLANT 1407/192019-05-07 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROLANT 1440/192019-05-11 · Archived notice
  5. HYDROLANT 4003/192019-12-30 · Archived notice
  6. HYDROLANT 4021/192019-12-31 · Archived notice
Compare all 13 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Aegean Sea →

issued
2024-01-14 21:18Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2025-01-01 00:01Z
authority
GREEK NAVTEX 125/24 142051Z JAN 24.
issued by
GREEK NAVTEX
sea
Aegean Sea
position
35.935, 25.387
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

AEGEAN SEA.
CRETE.
DNC 09.
1. MISSILE AND GUNNERY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS
   0530Z TO SUNSET DAILY EVERY WEDNESDAY THRU SATURDAY
   UNTIL 31 DEC:
   A. IN AREA BOUND BY
       35-36.00N 024-07.00E, 36-18.00N 024-07.00E,
       36-18.00N 025-59.00E, 36-25.00N 026-12.00E,
       36-16.00N 026-40.00E, 35-36.00N 026-41.00E,
       35-31.00N 024-11.00E.
   B. IN AREA WITHIN 1000 METERS OF 35-32.00N 024-13.00E.
   C. IN AREA WITHIN 1000 METERS OF 35-36.33N  024-10.00E.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 010001Z JAN 25.

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.
Gunnery and live firing
Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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

49 within 180 nm since 2010 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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25
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

Worldwide in the collected sources

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:46Z; 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.