Exercises

Gunnery exercises 0300Z to 1500Z daily 07, 08 and 10 jul in area bound by 25-09-15N 054-27-00E, 25-07-13N…

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 1371/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-07-10 16:00Z

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) · LINDSAY CHITTENDEN (1) 020349Z JUL 10.. Issued 2010-07-02 12:18Z. 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 →

issued
2010-07-02 12:18Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2010-07-10 16:00Z
authority
LINDSAY CHITTENDEN (1) 020349Z JUL 10.
issued by
LINDSAY CHITTENDEN
sea
Persian Gulf
position
25.065, 54.421
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 0300Z TO 1500Z DAILY
   07, 08 AND 10 JUL IN AREA BOUND BY
   25-09-15N 054-27-00E, 25-07-13N 054-30-30E,
   24-58-30N 054-25-45E, 25-02-05N 054-19-10E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 101600Z JUL.

Reading this warning

Gunnery and live firing
Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

35 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.

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

Worldwide in the collected sources

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 07:53Z; 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.