Ordnance

Underwater ordance detonations 261700Z to 262300Z aug within ten miles of trackline between 21-30.0N…

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 1366/01

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2001-08-27 00:01Z

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) · CTU 70.5.8 201300Z AUG 01. Issued 2001-08-21 13:31Z. 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
Philippine 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.

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Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2001-08-26 17:00Z2001-08-26 23:00Z—6 h

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

issued
2001-08-21 13:31Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2001-08-27 00:01Z
authority
CTU 70.5.8 201300Z AUG 01
issued by
CTU
sea
Philippine Sea
position
21.596, 123.542
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. UNDERWATER ORDANCE DETONATIONS 261700Z TO 262300Z AUG
   WITHIN TEN MILES OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN 21-30.0N 122-05.0E
   AND 21-41.5N 125-00.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 270001Z AUG.

Reading this warning

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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
Track line joining
Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
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 · ordnance operations

4 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

01
03

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

0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:24Z; source collection times vary.

Ordnance

Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →

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