Gunnery and missile operations in progress 0530Z to sunset wednesday thru saturday until 31 dec: a. in area…
Aegean Sea · HYDROLANT 11/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-01-01 00:01Z
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 1021/23 021011Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-02 10:20Z. 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.
- HYDROLANT 4194/172017-12-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 4046/182018-12-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1407/192019-05-07 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1440/192019-05-11 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 4003/192019-12-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 4021/192019-12-31 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2023-01-02 10:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-01-01 00:01Z
- authority
- GREEK NAVTEX 1021/23 021011Z JAN 23.
- 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
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
AEGEAN SEA.
DNC 09.
1. GUNNERY AND MISSILE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS
0530Z TO SUNSET 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.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 010001Z JAN 24.
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.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- 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.
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
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.
- Missile operations 0530Z to sunset daily every wednesday thru saturday until 14 jun and 16 seb thru 31 dec…2026-02-03
- Missile and gunnery operations 0530Z to sunset daily every wednesday thru saturday until 31 dec: a. in area…2024-01-16
- Missile and gunnery operations in progress 0530Z to sunset daily every wednesday thru saturday until 31 dec:…2024-01-14
- Gunnery and missile operations in progress 0530Z to sunset wednesday thru saturday until 31 dec: a. in area…2023-12-30
- Gunnery and missile operations in progress 0530Z to sunset wednesday thru saturday until 31 dec: a. in area…2022-01-03
- Gunnery and missile operations in progress 0530Z to sunset wednesday thru saturday until 31 dec: a. in area…2021-01-12
Month of issue in the collected archive
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 06:35Z; 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.