Bombing exercises: a. 010001Z to 080001Z aug within 25 miles of 37-30N 018-30E
Ionian Sea · HYDROLANT 1453/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-09-01 00:59Z
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 69 281313Z JUL 10.. Issued 2010-07-29 09:39Z. 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
- Ionian 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
- Cape naval weather facsimile off airlater cancellation notice
Activity windows · 2 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-08-01 00:01Z | 2010-08-08 00:01Z | — | 168 h |
| 2010-08-08 00:01Z | 2010-08-31 23:59Z | — | 575 h 58 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2010-07-29 09:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2010-09-01 00:59Z
- authority
- CTF 69 281313Z JUL 10.
- issued by
- CTF
- sea
- Ionian Sea
- position
- 37.526, 18.500
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
IONIAN SEA.
ORDNANCE.
1. BOMBING EXERCISES:
A. 010001Z TO 080001Z AUG
WITHIN 25 MILES OF
37-30N 018-30E.
B. 080001Z TO 312359Z AUG
WITHIN 25 MILES OF
37-30N 017-06E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 010059Z SEP.
Reading this warning
- Unexploded ordnance
- Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations
13 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 302359Z jun within 25 miles of 37-30N 019-10E2011-05-29
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 312359Z may within 25 miles of 37-30N 019-10E2011-04-29
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 302359Z apr within 25 miles of 37-30N 018-30E2011-03-29
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 312359Z oct within 25 miles of 37-00N 018-00E2010-09-28
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 302359Z sep within 25 miles of 37-00N 017-00E2010-08-29
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 312359Z jul within 25 miles of 37-30N 017-06E2010-06-30
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
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 15:30Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →
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.