Exercises

Hazardous operations 0830Z to 1630Z daily 25 thru 28 mar in area bound by 44-43.8N 032-52.2E, 44-34.8N…

Black Sea · HYDROLANT 595/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-03-28 17:30Z

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 222/03 201305Z MAR 03; NAVAREA VI 122/03 201400Z MAR 03. Issued 2003-03-20 18:49Z. 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.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Black Sea →

Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2003-03-25 08:30Z2003-03-25 16:30Z—8 h
2003-03-26 08:30Z2003-03-26 16:30Z—8 h
2003-03-27 08:30Z2003-03-27 16:30Z—8 h
2003-03-28 08:30Z2003-03-28 16:30Z—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
2003-03-20 18:49Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2003-03-28 17:30Z
authority
NAVAREA III 222/03 201305Z MAR 03; NAVAREA VI 122/03 201400Z MAR 03
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Black Sea
position
44.774, 32.461
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0830Z TO 1630Z DAILY
   25 THRU 28 MAR IN AREA BOUND BY
   44-43.8N 032-52.2E, 44-34.8N 032-37.4E,
   44-39.0N 032-11.6E, 44-48.4N 032-08.2E,
   45-00.2N 032-14.2E, 44-52.2N 032-41.6E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 586/03(23) AND 592/03.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 281730Z MAR.

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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROLANT
The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
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

1427 within 180 nm since 1999 · 11 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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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

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 12:25Z; 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.