Exercises

Hazardous operations 0330Z to 0730Z daily 15, 16 and 18 apr in area bound by 08-35.38N 091-59.63E, 07-09.80N…

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 1192/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-04-16 12:24Z

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 370/24 121005Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-12 11:39Z. 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
Bay of Bengal. 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 Bay of Bengal →

issued
2024-04-12 11:39Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-04-18 08:30Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 370/24 121005Z APR 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
8.019, 92.999
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ANDAMAN SEA.
INDIA.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0330Z TO 0730Z DAILY
   15, 16 AND 18 APR IN AREA BOUND BY
   08-35.38N 091-59.63E, 07-09.80N 092-00.13E,
   07-08.08N 093-58.28E, 08-29.18N 093-59.76E,
   09-10.66N 093-13.78E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 180830Z APR 24.

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.
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.
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

66 within 180 nm since 2008 · 2 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

30 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-30 20:41Z; 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.