Exercises

Gunnery exercises 140730Z to 140930Z jan in area bound by 29-09.0N 049-46.0E, 29-02.5N 049-46.0E, 28-52.3N…

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 115/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-01-14 10:30Z

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) · USS DECATUR 100730Z JAN 11.. Issued 2011-01-11 15:23Z. 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
Persian Gulf. 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 Persian Gulf →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2011-01-14 07:30Z2011-01-14 09:30Z—2 h

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

issued
2011-01-11 15:23Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2011-01-14 10:30Z
authority
USS DECATUR 100730Z JAN 11.
issued by
USS DECATUR
sea
Persian Gulf
position
28.613, 50.114
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
GUNNERY.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 140730Z TO 140930Z JAN
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   29-09.0N 049-46.0E, 29-02.5N 049-46.0E,
   28-52.3N 049-43.5E, 28-30.0N 049-52.3E,
   28-17.1N 050-12.0E, 28-17.3N 050-42.5E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 141030Z JAN.

Reading this warning

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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

82 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.

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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

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:59Z; 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.