Bombing exercises 201215Z to 202300Z jun in area bound by 18-39.10N 039-06.42E, 18-49.15N 039-22.27E,…
Red Sea · HYDROPAC 1277/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-06-20 23:59Z
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) · CTG 50.2 172028Z JUN 10.. Issued 2010-06-20 04:24Z. 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
- Red 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
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-06-20 12:15Z | 2010-06-20 23:00Z | — | 10 h 45 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2010-06-20 04:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2010-06-20 23:59Z
- authority
- CTG 50.2 172028Z JUN 10.
- issued by
- CTG
- sea
- Red Sea
- position
- 18.263, 39.495
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
RED SEA. ORDNANCE. 1. BOMBING EXERCISES 201215Z TO 202300Z JUN IN AREA BOUND BY 18-39.10N 039-06.42E, 18-49.15N 039-22.27E, 17-54.47N 039-55.34E, 17-43.59N 039-36.26E, 18-21.43N 039-12.50E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 202359Z JUN.
Reading this warning
- Unexploded ordnance
- Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations
2 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.
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
- Derelict M/V isa star aground in 18-26.00N 041-06.00EDerelicts · 92.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 10:49Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →
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.