Bombing exercises 110900Z to 112359Z jul, alternate 150900Z to 152359Z jul in area bound by 11-24.9N…
Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 1419/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-07-16 00:59Z
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 51.3 071445Z JUL 10.. Issued 2010-07-09 12:17Z. 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
- Gulf of Aden. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Activity windows · 2 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-07-11 09:00Z | 2010-07-11 23:59Z | — | 14 h 59 |
| 2010-07-15 09:00Z | 2010-07-15 23:59Z | — | 14 h 59 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2010-07-09 12:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2010-07-16 00:59Z
- authority
- CTG 51.3 071445Z JUL 10.
- issued by
- CTG
- sea
- Gulf of Aden
- position
- 11.520, 44.684
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF ADEN. ORDNANCE. 1. BOMBING EXERCISES 110900Z TO 112359Z JUL, ALTERNATE 150900Z TO 152359Z JUL IN AREA BOUND BY 11-24.9N 044-37.8E, 11-28.0N 044-47.4E, 11-37.5N 044-44.3E, 11-34.4N 044-34.7E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 160059Z JUL.
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
21 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 302359Z nov in areas: a. bound by 13-19N 047-01E, 13-23N 047-11E, 13-14N…2010-10-28
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 312359Z oct in areas: a. bound by 13-19N 047-01E, 13-23N 047-11E, 13-14N…2010-09-28
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 302359Z sep in areas: a. bound by 13-19N 047-01E, 13-23N 047-11E, 13-14N…2010-08-29
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 312359Z aug in areas: a. bound by 13-19N 047-01E, 13-23N 047-11E, 13-14N…2010-07-29
- Bombing exercises 050700Z to 051900Z jul, alternate 090700Z to 091900Z jul in area bound by 11-24.9N…2010-07-04
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 312359Z jul in areas: a. bound by 13-19N 047-01E, 13-23N 047-11E, 13-14N…2010-06-28
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
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 23:20Z; 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.