Missile and gunnery operations 0500Z to 1700Z daily 19 thru 21, 23 and 24 aug in area bound by 45-03N…
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 2128/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-08-24 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 641/21 180935Z AUG 21.. Issued 2021-08-18 09:35Z. 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.
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-19 05:00Z | 2021-08-19 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-08-20 05:00Z | 2021-08-20 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-08-21 05:00Z | 2021-08-21 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2021-08-18 09:35Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-08-24 18:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 641/21 180935Z AUG 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Black Sea
- position
- 44.369, 35.574
- 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. MISSILE AND GUNNERY OPERATIONS 0500Z TO 1700Z DAILY 19 THRU 21, 23 AND 24 AUG IN AREA BOUND BY 45-03N 036-17E, 44-57N 036-23E, 44-52N 036-23E, 44-45N 036-24E, 44-28N 036-24E, 43-36N 035-40E, 43-55N 034-40E, 44-23N 034-50E, 44-41N 034-48E, 44-51N 035-28E, 45-04N 035-47E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 241800Z AUG 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.
- Missile firing
- Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
394 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
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.
- Missile operations 0100Z to 2100Z daily 14 thru 18 dec in area bound by 44-56-00N 035-32-50E, 44-58-42N…2021-12-09
- Gunnery and missile operations 182200Z to 231700Z oct in area bound by 44-25.0N 033-42.0E, 44-01.0N…2021-10-16
- Missile and gunnery exercises 0500Z to 1700Z daily 01 thru 31 oct except sundays in area bound by a.…2021-09-29
- Missile and gunnery exercises 220100Z to 222100Z aug in area bound by 45-03.5N 036-17.0E, 44-57.5N…2021-08-21
- Gunnery and missile operations 312100Z jul to 312100Z aug in areas bound by: a. 44-48.0N 032-05.0E, 45-03.0N…2021-07-29
- Gunnery and missile operations 0500Z to 1700Z daily 12 thru 17 jul in area bound by 44-45.0N 036-41.5E,…2021-07-09
Month of issue in the collected archive
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
8 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 05:57Z; 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.