Exercises

Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1200Z daily 02 thru 20 jan 08 in area bound by 72-19N 013-37E, 74-21N 013-12E,…

Norwegian Sea · HYDROLANT 2165/07

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-01-20 13:00Z

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 I 344/07 281048Z DEC 07.. Issued 2007-12-28 12:24Z. 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
Norwegian 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 Norwegian Sea →

Activity windows · 19 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2008-01-02 03:00Z2008-01-02 12:00Z—9 h
2008-01-03 03:00Z2008-01-03 12:00Z—9 h
2008-01-04 03:00Z2008-01-04 12:00Z—9 h
2008-01-05 03:00Z2008-01-05 12:00Z—9 h
2008-01-06 03:00Z2008-01-06 12:00Z—9 h
2008-01-07 03:00Z2008-01-07 12:00Z—9 h
2008-01-08 03:00Z2008-01-08 12:00Z—9 h
2008-01-09 03:00Z2008-01-09 12:00Z—9 h
… 11 more

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

issued
2007-12-28 12:24Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2008-01-20 13:00Z
authority
NAVAREA I 344/07 281048Z DEC 07.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA I · named as the source of this relay
sea
Norwegian Sea
position
73.366, 15.831
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0300Z TO 1200Z DAILY
   02 THRU 20 JAN 08 IN AREA BOUND BY
   72-19N 013-37E, 74-21N 013-12E,
   74-23N 018-20E, 72-20N 018-10E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 201300Z JAN 08.

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

12 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 05:37Z; 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.