Exercises

Hazardous operations 172300Z to 181100Z aug, alternate 2300Z to 1100Z commencing daily 18 thru 20 aug in…

HYDROPAC 1450/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-08-19 14:51Z

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) · XV 87/09 140210Z AUG 09.. Issued 2009-08-14 13:59Z. 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
No named location parsed. No usable coordinates were parsed; a location-based nearby search is unavailable. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2009-08-17 23:00Z2009-08-18 11:00Z—12 h
2009-08-18 23:00Z2009-08-19 11:00Z—12 h
2009-08-19 23:00Z2009-08-20 11:00Z—12 h
2009-08-20 23:00Z2009-08-21 11:00Z—12 h

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

issued
2009-08-14 13:59Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2009-08-21 12:00Z
authority
XV 87/09 140210Z AUG 09.
issued by
XV
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 172300Z TO 181100Z AUG,
   ALTERNATE 2300Z TO 1100Z COMMENCING DAILY
   18 THRU 20 AUG IN AREA BETWEEN
   36-29S 36-45S AND 073-51W 073-26W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 211200Z AUG.

Reading this warning

Hazardous operations
NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
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.
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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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No parsed position is available for this comparison.

Worldwide in the collected sources

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 22:33Z; 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.