Missiles

Gunnery and missile operations 010500Z to 311700Z jul except sundays in area bound by 45-03.5N 036-17.0E,…

Black Sea · HYDROLANT 1709/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-07-31 18:00Z

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) · NAVAREA III 549/21 291204Z JUN 21.. Issued 2021-06-29 12:21Z. 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.

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.

  1. HYDROLANT 2459/182018-07-31 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 2761/182018-08-30 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROLANT 3082/182018-09-29 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROLANT 3334/182018-10-25 · Archived notice
  5. HYDROLANT 3371/182018-10-29 · Archived notice
  6. HYDROLANT 3374/182018-10-30 · Archived notice
Compare all 69 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Black Sea →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2021-07-01 05:00Z2021-07-31 17:00Z—732 h

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

issued
2021-06-29 12:21Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2021-07-31 18:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 549/21 291204Z JUN 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Black Sea
position
44.888, 36.114
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BLACK SEA.
UKRAINE.
DNC 10.
1. GUNNERY AND MISSILE OPERATIONS 010500Z TO
   311700Z JUL EXCEPT SUNDAYS
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   45-03.5N 036-17.0E, 44-57.5N 036-23.0E,
   44-45.0N 036-24.0E, 44-45.0N 035-50.0E,
   45-00.0N 035-50.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 311800Z JUL 21.

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.
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 · missile & rocket hazards

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

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21

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

5 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 15:01Z; 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.