Exercises

Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0600Z commencing daily 03 and 04 jun in area bound by 48-56N 140-38E, 49-02N…

Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 1117/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-06-05 07:00Z

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 XIII 19/10 29 MAY 10.. Issued 2010-05-29 14:03Z. 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
Japan 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 Japan Sea →

issued
2010-05-29 14:03Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2010-06-05 07:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIII 19/10 29 MAY 10.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Japan Sea
position
48.985, 140.770
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

TATARSKIY PROLIV.
GUNNERY.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 2300Z TO 0600Z COMMENCING
   DAILY 03 AND 04 JUN IN AREA BOUND BY
   48-56N 140-38E, 49-02N 140-33E,
   49-02N 140-57E, 48-56N 140-57E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 050700Z JUN.

Reading this warning

Gunnery and live firing
Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

45 within 180 nm since 2004 · 0 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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 15:15Z; 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.