Exercises

Hazardous operations 0700Z to 1530Z daily 23 thru 27 and 30 sep in areas bound by: a. 40-00N 010-00E, 40-00N…

Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 2112/02

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2002-09-30 16:30Z

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 111/02 200601Z SEP 02. Issued 2002-09-20 11:20Z. 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 · 5 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2002-09-23 07:00Z2002-09-23 15:30Z—8 h 30
2002-09-24 07:00Z2002-09-24 15:30Z—8 h 30
2002-09-25 07:00Z2002-09-25 15:30Z—8 h 30
2002-09-26 07:00Z2002-09-26 15:30Z—8 h 30
2002-09-27 07:00Z2002-09-27 15:30Z—8 h 30

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

issued
2002-09-20 11:20Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2002-09-30 16:30Z
authority
MARISARDEGNA 111/02 200601Z SEP 02
issued by
MARISARDEGNA
sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
position
39.632, 10.713
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0700Z TO 1530Z DAILY 23 THRU 27 AND 30 SEP
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 40-00N 010-00E, 40-00N 010-30E, 39-10N 010-30E,
      39-10N 010-00E, 39-26N 009-38E, 39-38N 009-38E.
   B. 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, 40-15N 010-00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301630Z SEP.

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

349 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 2026-10-02 23:20Z; 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.