Exercises

Hazardous operations 0900Z to 2000Z daily 02 thru 06, 09 thru 13, 16 thru 20, 23 thru 27, 30 and 31 oct in…

Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 1774/06

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2006-10-31 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) · MARISARDEGNA 169/06 291137Z SEP 06.. Issued 2006-09-29 13:25Z. 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
Tyrrhenian 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Tyrrhenian Sea →

Activity windows · 10 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2006-10-02 09:00Z2006-10-02 19:00Z—10 h
2006-10-02 09:00Z2006-10-02 20:00Z—11 h
2006-10-03 09:00Z2006-10-03 19:00Z—10 h
2006-10-03 09:00Z2006-10-03 20:00Z—11 h
2006-10-04 09:00Z2006-10-04 19:00Z—10 h
2006-10-04 09:00Z2006-10-04 20:00Z—11 h
2006-10-05 09:00Z2006-10-05 19:00Z—10 h
2006-10-05 09:00Z2006-10-05 20:00Z—11 h
… 2 more

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

issued
2006-09-29 13:25Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2006-10-31 21:00Z
authority
MARISARDEGNA 169/06 291137Z SEP 06.
issued by
MARISARDEGNA
sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
position
39.820, 10.677
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0900Z TO 2000Z DAILY
   02 THRU 06, 09 THRU 13, 16 THRU 20, 23 THRU 27,
   30 AND 31 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
   40-00N 010-00E, 40-00N 010-30E,
   39-10N 010-30E, 39-10N 010-00E,
   39-26N 009-38E, 39-38N 009-38E.
2. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0900Z TO 1900Z DAILY
   02 THRU 06, 09 THRU 13, 16 THRU 20, 23 THRU 27,
   30 AND 31 OCT IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 40-15N 010-00E, 40-15N 011-31E,
      40-11N 011-33E, 39-32N 011-38E,
      38-52N 011-28E, 39-10N 010-00E,
      39-28N 009-38E, 39-43N 009-40E.
   B. 40-37N 009-50E, 40-40N 010-35E,
      40-40N 010-50E, 39-20N 010-50E,
      39-20N 009-47E, 39-24N 009-40E.
   C. 40-37N 009-54E, 40-42N 011-17E,
      40-11N 011-33E, 39-46N 011-36E,
      39-02N 010-17E, 39-04N 010-08E,
      39-26N 009-38E.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 312100Z OCT.

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

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

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23

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

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 10:59Z; 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.