Missile operations 120400Z to 121400Z apr in area bound by 20-43N 059-31E, 20-27N 059-51E, 19-52N 060-12E,…
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 1389/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-04-12 15:00Z
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 IX 95/18 110750Z APR 18.. Issued 2018-04-11 09:28Z. 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
- Arabian 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
- Missile operations 120800Z to 121700Z apr in area bound by 20-43N 059-31E, 20-27N 059-51E, 19-52N 060-12E,…cancelled by this notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1360/182018-04-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1389/18 · this notice2018-04-11 · Archived notice
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-12 04:00Z | 2018-04-12 14:00Z | — | 10 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2018-04-11 09:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-04-12 15:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 95/18 110750Z APR 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 19.544, 59.261
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. OMAN. DNC 10. 1. MISSILE OPERATIONS 120400Z TO 121400Z APR IN AREA BOUND BY 20-43N 059-31E, 20-27N 059-51E, 19-52N 060-12E, 18-26N 059-06E, 19-03N 058-13E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1360/18. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 121500Z APR 18.
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.
- Missile firing
- Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
11 within 180 nm since 2014 · 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.
- Missile operations 0400Z to 0800Z daily 28 sep thru 03 oct in area bound by 19-57.60N 058-07.02E, 20-18.37N…2024-09-26
- Missile operations 0400Z to 1400Z daily 28 and 29 oct in area bound by 20-43N 059-31E, 20-27N 059-51E,…2020-10-26
- Missile operations 0400Z to 1400Z daily 20 and 21 oct in area bound by 20-43N 059-31E, 20-27N 059-51E,…2020-10-16
- Missile operations 0400Z to 1400Z daily 25 and 26 apr in area bound by 20-43N 059-31E, 20-27N 059-51E,…2019-04-20
- Missile operations 200300Z to 201100Z sep in area bound by 20-05.93N 058-23.87E, 19-14.58N 058-40.30E,…2018-09-18
- Missile operations 120800Z to 121700Z apr in area bound by 20-43N 059-31E, 20-27N 059-51E, 19-52N 060-12E,…2018-04-09
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
3 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-30 09:08Z; source collection times vary.
Missiles
Missile firings, rocket launches and space debris re-entry areas. All current missile & rocket hazards →
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.