Missiles

Hazardous operations 1100Z to 2300Z daily 19 thru 28 oct in area bound by 51-44.03S 058-02.33W, 51-44.07S…

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2693/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-10-28 23:59Z

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 VI 322/16 141400Z OCT 16.. Issued 2016-10-14 16:40Z. 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
South Atlantic Ocean. 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 South Atlantic Ocean →

Activity windows · 10 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2016-10-19 11:00Z2016-10-19 23:00Z—12 h
2016-10-20 11:00Z2016-10-20 23:00Z—12 h
2016-10-21 11:00Z2016-10-21 23:00Z—12 h
2016-10-22 11:00Z2016-10-22 23:00Z—12 h
2016-10-23 11:00Z2016-10-23 23:00Z—12 h
2016-10-24 11:00Z2016-10-24 23:00Z—12 h
2016-10-25 11:00Z2016-10-25 23:00Z—12 h
2016-10-26 11:00Z2016-10-26 23:00Z—12 h
… 2 more

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

issued
2016-10-14 16:40Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2016-10-28 23:59Z
authority
NAVAREA VI 322/16 141400Z OCT 16.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-51.832, -57.894
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
FALKLAND ISLANDS.
MISSILES.
DNC 07.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1100Z TO 2300Z DAILY
   19 THRU 28 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
   51-44.03S 058-02.33W, 51-44.07S 057-53.52W,
   51-47.59S 057-40.01W, 51-54.57S 057-48.51W,
   51-57.33S 058-01.07W, 51-49.27S 058-02.40W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 282359Z OCT 16.

Reading this warning

Missile firing
Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
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.
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 · missile & rocket hazards

11 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

10
15
18

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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A
M
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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

6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 19:46Z; 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.