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Hazardous operations 2330Z to 0430Z commencing daily 13 and 14 jan in areas: a. between 18-05N 17-45N and…

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 114/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-01-15 05:30Z

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 VIII 22/09 121003Z JAN 09.. Issued 2009-01-13 14:32Z. 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.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Arabian Sea →

issued
2009-01-13 14:32Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2009-01-15 05:30Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 22/09 121003Z JAN 09.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Arabian Sea
position
16.161, 72.603
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2330Z TO 0430Z COMMENCING
   DAILY 13 AND 14 JAN IN AREAS:
   A. BETWEEN 18-05N 17-45N AND 072-07E 072-30E.
   B. BOUND BY 16-42N 072-17E, 16-27N 072-45E,
      15-32N 073-15E, 16-10N 072-05E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 77/09.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 150530Z JAN.

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.
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.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf 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

741 within 180 nm since 1999 · 14 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

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:56Z; 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.