Hazardous operations 0530Z to sunset daily wednesdays thru saturdays until 31 dec: a. in area bound by…
Aegean Sea · HYDROLANT 9/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-10-03 17:42Z
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 6/17 011207Z JAN 17.. Issued 2017-01-01 12:26Z. 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
- Aegean 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 1489/16, 2680/16, 3480/16, 3526/16, 3527/16, 7/17, 8/17, 9/17, 10/17, 11/17, 12/17, 13/17,…later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 2534/102010-12-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2296/112011-12-31 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1141/122012-05-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 7/132013-01-02 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2351/132013-09-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3032/132013-11-28 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2017-01-01 12:26Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 6/17 011207Z JAN 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Aegean Sea
- position
- 35.935, 25.387
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AEGEAN SEA.
GUNNERY. MISSILES.
DNC 09.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0530Z TO SUNSET DAILY
WEDNESDAYS THRU SATURDAYS UNTIL 31 DEC:
A. IN AREA BOUND BY
36-18.00N 024-07.00E, 36-18.00N 025-59.00E,
36-25.00N 026-12.00E, 36-16.00N 026-40.00E,
35-36.00N 026-41.00E, 35-31.00N 024-11.00E,
35-36.00N 024-07.00E.
B. WITHIN 1000 METERS OF 35-32.00N 024-13.00E.
C. WITHIN 1000 METERS OF 35-28.00N 024-11.75E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 JAN 18.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
49 within 180 nm since 2010 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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 0530Z to sunset daily every wednesday thru saturday until 14 jun and 16 seb thru 31 dec…2026-02-03
- Missile and gunnery operations 0530Z to sunset daily every wednesday thru saturday until 31 dec: a. in area…2024-01-16
- Missile and gunnery operations in progress 0530Z to sunset daily every wednesday thru saturday until 31 dec:…2024-01-14
- Gunnery and missile operations in progress 0530Z to sunset wednesday thru saturday until 31 dec: a. in area…2023-12-30
- Gunnery and missile operations in progress 0530Z to sunset wednesday thru saturday until 31 dec: a. in area…2023-01-02
- Gunnery and missile operations in progress 0530Z to sunset wednesday thru saturday until 31 dec: a. in area…2022-01-03
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
8 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 09:22Z; 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.