Hazardous operations 2300Z to 0300Z commencing daily 10 thru 12 jul in area bound by 60-53N 158-29E, 61-32N…
Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 1260/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-07-13 04:00Z
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 7/02 050918Z JUL 02. Issued 2002-07-05 11:50Z. 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
- Sea of Okhotsk. 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 Sea of Okhotsk →
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-07-10 23:00Z | 2002-07-11 03:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2002-07-11 23:00Z | 2002-07-12 03:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2002-07-12 23:00Z | 2002-07-13 03:00Z | — | 4 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2002-07-05 11:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-07-13 04:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIII 7/02 050918Z JUL 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sea of Okhotsk
- position
- 61.323, 158.671
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2300Z TO 0300Z COMMENCING DAILY 10 THRU 12 JUL IN AREA BOUND BY 60-53N 158-29E, 61-32N 157-51E, 61-46N 158-52E, 61-06N 159-29E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 130400Z JUL.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
4 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
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.
- Hazardous operations 1900Z to 2300Z daily 06 thru 07 oct in area bound by 60-11N 158-42E, 60-51N 158-05E,…2005-10-06
- Hazardous operations 1900Z to 2300Z daily 26 thru 29 sep in area bound by 60-11N 158-42E, 60-51N 158-05E,…2005-09-25
- Hazardous operations 1100Z to 1200Z daily 09 and 10 aug in area bound by 58-52N 158-12E, 59-58N 155-30E,…2000-08-08
Month of issue in the collected archive
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 11:24Z; 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.