Gunnery and missile operations 0500Z to 1700Z daily 01 thru 31 oct in area bound by 45-48.6N 036-55.7E,…
Sea of Azov · HYDROLANT 2958/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-10-02 12:54Z
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 1292/20 291238Z SEP 20.. Issued 2020-09-29 12:39Z. 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
- Sea of Azov. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-01 05:00Z | 2020-10-01 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2020-10-02 05:00Z | 2020-10-02 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2020-10-03 05:00Z | 2020-10-03 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2020-10-04 05:00Z | 2020-10-04 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2020-10-05 05:00Z | 2020-10-05 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2020-10-06 05:00Z | 2020-10-06 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2020-10-07 05:00Z | 2020-10-07 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2020-10-08 05:00Z | 2020-10-08 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
- 2020-09-29 12:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-10-31 18:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 1292/20 291238Z SEP 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sea of Azov
- position
- 45.651, 37.053
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SEA OF AZOV. DNC 10. 1. GUNNERY AND MISSILE OPERATIONS 0500Z TO 1700Z DAILY 01 THRU 31 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 45-48.6N 036-55.7E, 45-48.6N 037-10.0E, 45-27.0N 037-10.0E, 45-32.4N 036-55.7E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 311800Z OCT 20.
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.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- Missile firing
- Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
- 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
207 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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
- Missile and gunnery exercises 220100Z to 222100Z aug in area bound by 45-03.5N 036-17.0E, 44-57.5N…2021-08-21
- Missile and gunnery operations 0500Z to 1700Z daily 19 thru 21, 23 and 24 aug in area bound by 45-03N…2021-08-18
- 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
- Gunnery and missile operations 0500Z to 1700Z daily 05 thru 10 jul in area bound by 44-45.0N 036-41.5E,…2021-07-04
- Missile and gunnery exercises 010500Z to 311700Z jul except sundays in area bound by 44-58.0N 033-03.0E,…2021-06-29
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 07:51Z; 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.