Missiles

Missile operations 0100Z to 2100Z daily 14 thru 18 dec in area bound by 44-56-00N 035-32-50E, 44-58-42N…

Black Sea · HYDROLANT 3014/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-12-18 22:00Z

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 866/21 091659Z DEC 21.. Issued 2021-12-09 17:01Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Black Sea →

Activity windows · 5 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2021-12-14 01:00Z2021-12-14 21:00Z—20 h
2021-12-15 01:00Z2021-12-15 21:00Z—20 h
2021-12-16 01:00Z2021-12-16 21:00Z—20 h
2021-12-17 01:00Z2021-12-17 21:00Z—20 h
2021-12-18 01:00Z2021-12-18 21:00Z—20 h

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

issued
2021-12-09 17:01Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2021-12-18 22:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 866/21 091659Z DEC 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Black Sea
position
44.873, 35.977
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 OPERATIONS 0100Z TO 2100Z DAILY
   14 THRU 18 DEC IN AREA BOUND BY
   44-56-00N 035-32-50E, 44-58-42N 035-35-54E,
   45-02-28N 036-23-10E, 44-58-18N 036-26-12E,
   44-55-32N 036-27-10E, 44-50-40N 036-26-24E,
   44-39-40N 035-41-38E, 44-41-30N 035-37-20E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 182200Z DEC 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.
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

389 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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

6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 15:15Z; 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.