Exercises
Hazardous operations are conducted in the Bay of Bengal, India, from 21 April 18:31 UTC to 26 April 18:29 UTC in a bounded area.
Bay of Bengal · India · HYDROPAC 1141/26
- issued
- 2026-04-17 10:13Z
- status
- cancelled 2026-08-17 00:00Z (dropped from snapshot)
- self-cancels
- 2026-04-26 19:29Z
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 18.924, 85.176
- source
- nga_wayback · first seen 2026-04-17 16:00Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL. INDIA. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 211831Z TO 261829Z APR IN AREA BOUND BY 19-14.60N 084-53.70E, 19-07.39N 085-35.94E, 18-52.00N 085-29.95E, 18-45.00N 085-24.21E, 18-36.50N 085-10.10E, 18-33.61N 084-53.74E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 261929Z APR 26.
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 18:31Z | 2026-04-26 18:29Z | — | 119 h 58 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
This area · military exercises
1158 within 180 nm since 2000 · 11 in the last 12 months · 2 in force now
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- Hazardous operations 0330Z to 0630Z and 0830Z to 1030Z daily 15, 17 and 18 aug 17-31.12N 083-45.15E,…2026-08-14
- Hazardous operations 0130Z to 1430Z daily 17 thru 26 aug in area bound by 19-14.60N 084-53.70E, 19-07.39N…2026-08-13
- Hazardous operations 180001Z to 191300Z apr in area bound by 16-15.00N 084-00.00E, 16-55.00N 084-00.00E,…2026-04-17
- Hazardous operations 180330Z to 180730Z apr in area bound by 21-49.28N 087-56.30E, 20-38.83N 088-33.23E,…2026-04-15
- Hazardous operations 191130Z to 191200Z jan in area bound by: 16-39.70N 084-34.50E, 16-39.70N 085-00.60E,…2026-01-16
- Hazardous operations 0030Z to 1030Z daily 21 thru 24 jan in area bound by: 17-58.90N 084-27.30E, 17-58.90N…2026-01-16
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
Worldwide now
36 military exercises in force · see all
Exercises
Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →
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