Gunnery
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 1070/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-04-12 17:00Z
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 XI 227/16 111928Z APR 16.. Issued 2016-04-11 20:12Z. 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
- Philippine 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 Philippine Sea →
- issued
- 2016-04-11 20:12Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-04-12 17:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 227/16 111928Z APR 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 20.474, 126.612
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. PHILLIPPINE SEA. DNC 23. GUNNERY. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES IN PROGRESS UNTIL 121600Z APR IN AREA BOUND BY 21-00-00N 125-45-30E, 21-13-00N 126-06-35E, 21-26-30N 126-54-20E, 20-19-00N 127-44-00E, 19-23-00N 126-15-30E, 19-50-25N 125-55-40E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 121700Z APR 16.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
10 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- Hazardous operations 071827Z to 071840Z dec in area bound by 22-20-00N 126-42-46E, 22-35-20N 126-48-37E,…2018-12-06
- Gunnery exercises 070001Z to 131000Z dec in areas: a. bound by 20-35-28N 125-50-12E, 22-03-20N 128-24-30E,…2014-12-04
- Gunnery exercises 231600Z to 311600Z oct in areas bound by: a. 22-24N 128-08E, 20-49N 129-26E, 18-47N…2013-10-23
- Hazardous operations2011-05-21
- Hazardous operations2011-05-13
- Hazardous operations 150001Z to 161000Z dec within 25 miles of 20-00N 128-45E2005-12-14
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
10 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 05:45Z; 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.