Exercises

Hazardous operations 0600Z to 2359Z daily 16 thru 21 oct in areas: a. bound by 35-50N 005-00W, 35-30N…

Alboran Sea · HYDROLANT 1879/06

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2006-10-22 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) · NAVAREA III 511/06 131018Z OCT 06.. Issued 2006-10-13 11:18Z. 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
Alboran 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 Alboran Sea →

Activity windows · 6 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2006-10-16 06:00Z2006-10-16 23:59Z—17 h 59
2006-10-17 06:00Z2006-10-17 23:59Z—17 h 59
2006-10-18 06:00Z2006-10-18 23:59Z—17 h 59
2006-10-19 06:00Z2006-10-19 23:59Z—17 h 59
2006-10-20 06:00Z2006-10-20 23:59Z—17 h 59
2006-10-21 06:00Z2006-10-21 23:59Z—17 h 59

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

issued
2006-10-13 11:18Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2006-10-22 00:59Z
authority
NAVAREA III 511/06 131018Z OCT 06.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Alboran Sea
position
35.701, -4.773
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0600Z TO 2359Z DAILY
   16 THRU 21 OCT IN AREAS:
   A. BOUND BY 35-50N 005-00W, 35-30N 004-40W,
      35-50N 004-40W, 35-43N 005-00W.
   B. BETWEEN 35-30N 35-50N AND 004-20W 004-40W.
   C. BETWEEN 35-30N 35-50N AND 004-00W 004-20W.
   D. BETWEEN 35-30N 35-50N AND 003-40W 004-00W.
   E. BETWEEN 35-30N 35-50N AND 003-30W 003-40W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 220059Z 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.
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

76 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

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

Worldwide in the collected sources

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 00:27Z; 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.