Hazardous operations
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 1596/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-07-01 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) · USS ENTERPRISE 240837Z MAY 11.. Issued 2011-05-29 07:49Z. 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.
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-06-01 00:01Z | 2011-06-30 23:59Z | — | 719 h 58 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2011-05-29 07:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-07-01 00:59Z
- authority
- USS ENTERPRISE 240837Z MAY 11.
- issued by
- USS ENTERPRISE
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 21.492, 63.633
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHERN ARABIAN SEA.
PERSIAN GULF.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 010001Z TO 302359Z JUN IN AREAS:
A. BETWEEN 23-06.00N 24-05.00N AND 060-44.00E 061-16.00E.
B. BETWEEN 24-00.00N 24-20.00N AND 061-30.00E 063-00.00E.
C. BETWEEN 23-00.00N 24-00.00N AND 062-00.00E 063-00.00E.
D. BOUND BY
20-50.00N 063-55.00E, 21-45.00N 064-21.00E,
22-09.00N 063-21.00E, 21-14.00N 062-55.00E.
E. BETWEEN 26-00.00N 26-20.00N AND 052-57.00E 052-23.00E.
F. BETWEEN 27-20.00N 27-52.00N AND 050-25.00E 051-04.00E.
G. BETWEEN 26-50.00N 27-10.00N AND 051-27.00E 052-00.00E.
H. BOUND BY
29-09.00N 049-46.00E, 29-02.50N 049-46.00E,
28-52.30N 049-43.53E, 28-30.50N 049-52.30E,
28-17.10N 050-12.00E, 28-17.30N 050-42.50E.
I. BOUND BY
28-16.50N 050-24.30E, 28-17.30N 050-43.15E,
27-52.15N 051-03.15E, 27-51.33N 050-25.50E.
J. BETWEEN 25-35.00N 25-55.00N AND 053-12.00E 053-46.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 010059Z JUL.
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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
39 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1300Z daily 13 thru 15 feb in area bound by 24-54.00N 066-15.00E, 25-20.00N…2025-02-10
- Hazardous operations 191900Z to 211900Z feb in area bound by 24-10.00N 063-30.00E, 24-10.00N 062-45.00E,…2024-02-19
- Hazardous operations 171900Z to 191900Z feb in area bound by 25-00.00N 064-05.00E, 24-56.00N 066-10.00E,…2024-02-16
- Gunnery exercises 0300Z to 1300Z daily 15 thru 19 feb in area bound by 25-23.00N 063-33.00E, 25-20.00N…2024-02-11
- Hazardous operations 101900Z to 111900Z feb in area bound by 23-13.00N 063-55.00E, 23-13.00N 064-40.00E,…2024-02-10
- Hazardous operations 061900Z to 091900Z feb in area bound by 24-00.00N 065-00.00E, 24-00.00N 062-55.00E,…2024-02-06
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
17 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 20:37Z; 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.