Exercises

Hazardous operations 0700Z to 1500Z daily 30 nov thru 02 dec in area bound by 35-15.2N 033-30.8E, 35-16.5N…

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 2183/05

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2005-11-25 10:24Z

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 V 649/05 250851Z NOV 05.. Issued 2005-11-25 09:58Z. 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
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2005-11-30 07:00Z2005-11-30 15:00Z—8 h
2005-12-01 07:00Z2005-12-01 15:00Z—8 h
2005-12-02 07:00Z2005-12-02 15:00Z—8 h

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

issued
2005-11-25 09:58Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2005-12-02 16:00Z
authority
NAVAREA V 649/05 250851Z NOV 05.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position
35.249, 33.516
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 1500Z DAILY
   30 NOV THRU 02 DEC IN AREA BOUND BY
   35-15.2N 033-30.8E, 35-16.5N 033-31.8E,
   35-14.7N 033-30.2E, 35-14.5N 033-31.9E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021600Z DEC.

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

1117 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

Worldwide in the collected sources

10 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 08:07Z; 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.