Exercises

Hazardous operations 0600Z to 2000Z daily on 25 and 26 jan in areas bound by: a. 32-53.00N 029-59.00E,…

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 161/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-01-26 21:00Z

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) · COMCARSTRKGRU TEN 0/23 181825Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-20 05:30Z. 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
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →

issued
2023-01-20 05:30Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-01-26 21:00Z
authority
COMCARSTRKGRU TEN 0/23 181825Z JAN 23.
issued by
COMCARSTRKGRU TEN
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position
32.567, 31.398
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
EGYPT.
DNC 10.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0600Z TO 2000Z DAILY
   ON 25 AND 26 JAN IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 32-53.00N 029-59.00E, 32-44.00N 030-05.00E,
      32-51.00N 030-21.00E, 32-53.00N 030-19.00E.
   B. 32-54.00N 031-13.00E, 32-27.00N 031-18.00E,
      32-41.00N 031-44.00E, 32-52.00N 031-31.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 262100Z JAN 23.

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.
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

966 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 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

Worldwide in the collected sources

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:48Z; 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.