Exercises

Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1500Z daily 26 thru 31 jan in area bound by 45-05.1N 036-58.1E, 44-40.6N…

Black Sea · HYDROLANT 115/04

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2004-01-29 09:40Z

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 II 32/04 211429Z JAN 04. Issued 2004-01-21 16:00Z. 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
Black 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 · 6 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2004-01-26 03:00Z2004-01-26 15:00Z—12 h
2004-01-27 03:00Z2004-01-27 15:00Z—12 h
2004-01-28 03:00Z2004-01-28 15:00Z—12 h
2004-01-29 03:00Z2004-01-29 15:00Z—12 h
2004-01-30 03:00Z2004-01-30 15:00Z—12 h
2004-01-31 03:00Z2004-01-31 15:00Z—12 h

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

issued
2004-01-21 16:00Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2004-01-31 16:00Z
authority
NAVAREA II 32/04 211429Z JAN 04
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
Black Sea
position
44.535, 36.875
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0300Z TO 1500Z DAILY
   26 THRU 31 JAN IN AREA BOUND BY
   45-05.1N 036-58.1E, 44-40.6N 037-11.3E,
   44-07.2N 037-11.3E, 44-05.3N 036-52.5E,
   44-07.2N 036-33.7E, 44-40.6N 036-33.7E,
   45-05.1N 036-47.2E, 45-06.6N 036-52.5E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 311600Z JAN.

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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

1014 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 03:47Z; source collection times vary.

Exercises

Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →

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.