Exercises

Hazardous operations 0400Z to 1700Z daily 01 thru 05, 08 thru 12, 15 thru 19, 22 thru 26, 29 and 30 apr in…

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 1018/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-04-12 15:13Z

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 IX 89/19 251500Z MAR 19.. Issued 2019-03-27 09:21Z. 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
Arabian 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.

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Activity windows · 5 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2019-04-01 04:00Z2019-04-01 17:00Z—13 h
2019-04-02 04:00Z2019-04-02 17:00Z—13 h
2019-04-03 04:00Z2019-04-03 17:00Z—13 h
2019-04-04 04:00Z2019-04-04 17:00Z—13 h
2019-04-05 04:00Z2019-04-05 17:00Z—13 h

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

issued
2019-03-27 09:21Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2019-04-30 18:00Z
authority
NAVAREA IX 89/19 251500Z MAR 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Arabian Sea
position
24.229, 66.655
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
PAKISTAN.
DNC 03, DNC 10.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0400Z TO 1700Z DAILY
   01 THRU 05, 08 THRU 12, 15 THRU 19,
   22 THRU 26, 29 AND 30 APR IN AREAS:
   A. BOUND BY
      24-19.00N 066-58.00E, 24-00.00N 066-39.00E,
      24-11.00N 066-27.00E, 24-24.30N 066-42.00E.
   B. BETWEEN
      24-36.02N 24-21.02N AND 063-15.03E 062-30.03E.
   C. BETWEEN
      24-36.02N 24-21.02N AND 062-30.03E 061-45.03E.
   D. BOUND BY
      24-16.18N 066-20.50E, 24-22.00N 066-27.00E,
      24-16.30N 066-33.00E, 24-10.30N 066-27.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301800Z APR 19.

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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

686 within 180 nm since 2002 · 6 in the last 12 months · 0 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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 20:31Z; 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.