Missile and gunnery exercises 0500Z to 1700Z daily 01 thru 31 oct except sundays in area bound by a.…
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 2432/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-10-31 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 723/21 291315Z SEP 21.. Issued 2021-09-29 13:56Z. 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 · 31 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-01 05:00Z | 2021-10-01 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-10-02 05:00Z | 2021-10-02 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-10-03 05:00Z | 2021-10-03 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-10-04 05:00Z | 2021-10-04 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-10-05 05:00Z | 2021-10-05 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-10-06 05:00Z | 2021-10-06 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-10-07 05:00Z | 2021-10-07 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-10-08 05:00Z | 2021-10-08 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| … 23 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2021-09-29 13:56Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-10-31 18:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 723/21 291315Z SEP 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Black Sea
- position
- 45.692, 32.508
- 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 EXERCISES 0500Z TO 1700Z DAILY
01 THRU 31 OCT EXCEPT SUNDAYS IN AREA BOUND BY
A. 45-15.0N 032-39.5E, 45-13.0N 032-45.8E,
45-11.6N 032-45.0E, 45-12.5N 032-37.8E.
B. 44-58.0N 033-03.0E, 44-51.6N 033-10.9E,
44-47.5N 033-11.0E, 44-45.0N 033-05.5E,
44-52.8N 032-54.9E.
C. 45-49.0N 032-28.0E, 45-41.0N 032-43.0E,
45-34.0N 032-32.0E, 45-42.0N 032-18.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 311800Z OCT 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
378 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 140700Z to 141400Z mar in area bound by 44-24.00N 028-42.42E, 44-29.50N 028-55.58E,…2024-03-12
- Missile operations 0700Z to 1400Z daily 12 and 13 mar in area bound by 44-24.20N 029-31.93E, 44-29.55N…2024-03-07
- Missile operations 0600Z to 1300Z daily 14 thru 16 feb in area bound by 44-24.00N 028-42.42E, 44-29.50N…2024-02-09
- Missile operations 170600Z to 171300Z aug in area bound by 44-25.43N 028-42.50E, 44-27.60N 028-50.00E,…2023-08-12
- Missile operations 0500Z to 1400Z daily 06 thru 08 jun in area bound by 44-24.20N 029-31.93E, 44-29.55N…2023-06-01
- Missile operations 130600Z to 131200Z may, 0600Z to 1400Z daily 16 thru 18 may in area bound by 44-24.20N…2023-05-09
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
- Due to mine danger navigation prohibited untill further notice in area bounded by: a 46-04.0N 033-12.8E…Mines · 17.2 nm
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-04.0N 033-12.8E, 46-03.1N…Mines · 17.2 nm
- Hazardous operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 45-05N 033-33E, 45-59N 033-51E,…Exercises · 38.3 nm
- War risk area, in northwestern part of black sea to northern of line 45-12.2N 029-41.1E 45-11.5N 029-41.4E…War risk · 75.9 nm
- The coordinator of coastal alerts of ukraine has declared the following coastal approach instructions for…War risk · 82.6 nm
- Ukrainian coastal warning coordinator has declared the following coastal aproach instructions for entry or…Other · 86.5 nm
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-22.50N 030-45.10E, 46-20.20N…Mines · 94.2 nm
- Mines reported in area within five miles of 45-07.10N 030-09.70EMines · 104.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
8 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 06:38Z; 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.