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Bombing exercises 220600Z jan to 102200Z feb in area bound by 40-28.3N 019-17.5E, 40-26.8N 019-13.8E,…

Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 129/03

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Archived notice · 2003-02-10 23:00Z

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) · CTF 60 150134Z JAN 03. Issued 2003-01-18 13:40Z. 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: Adriatic 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 · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2003-01-22 06:00Z	2003-02-10 22:00Z	—	472 h

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

issued: 2003-01-18 13:40Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2003-02-10 23:00Z
authority: CTF 60 150134Z JAN 03
issued by: CTF
sea: Adriatic Sea
position: 40.377, 19.312
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. BOMBING EXERCISES 220600Z JAN TO 102200Z FEB
   IN AREA BOUND BY 40-28.3N 019-17.5E,
   40-26.8N 019-13.8E, 40-22.2N 019-07.8E,
   40-16.5N 019-12.4E, 40-16.4N 019-20.1E,
   40-22.1N 019-28.5E, 40-26.5N 019-28.3E,
   40-28.2N 019-25.3E, 40-28.9N 019-22.4E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 102300Z FEB.

Reading this warning

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

32 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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.

20 meter vessel requesting assistance in 38-42.00N 018-53.00E at 240637Z nov2022-11-24
Mine in 40-39.78N 019-08.86E2018-07-06
Mine clearing operations 04 thru 10 may in bay of vlore (40-27-06N 019-28-40E)2018-05-03
12 meter vessel, orange hull, requesting assistance in 37-46.5N 019-02.0E2014-04-08
Vessel requesting assistance vicinity 39-36N 019-03E2013-07-28
Vessel requesting assistance vicinity 40-00N 019-00E2013-05-11

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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

21 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 09:29Z; source collection times vary.

Other

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