Exercises

Hazardous operations 10 may in area bound by 24-30.00N 035-46.45E, 23-54.30N 036-07.30E, 23-55.00N…

Red Sea · HYDROPAC 1575/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-05-12 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) · NAVAREA IX 156/19 091725Z MAY 19.. Issued 2019-05-09 19:57Z. 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
Red 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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Current notices and reporting history in the Red Sea →

issued
2019-05-09 19:57Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA IX 156/19 091725Z MAY 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Red Sea
position
24.208, 36.349
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

RED SEA.
EGYPT.
SUDAN.
DNC 10.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 10 MAY IN AREA BOUND BY
   24-30.00N 035-46.45E, 23-54.30N 036-07.30E,
   23-55.00N 036-55.30E, 24-37.00N 036-31.00E.
2. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 11 MAY IN AREA BOUND BY
   22-03.10N 037-21.10E, 22-03.33N 037-56.01E,
   21-31.17N 037-21.26E, 21-30.54N 036-56.10E.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 12 MAY 19.

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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

30 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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:57Z; 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.