Hazardous operations
Andaman or Burma Sea · HYDROPAC 1641/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-06-08 10:00Z
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 VIII 347/11 011004Z JUN 11.. Issued 2011-06-03 12:38Z. 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
- Andaman or Burma 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the Andaman or Burma Sea →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-06-08 07:30Z | 2011-06-08 09:00Z | — | 1 h 30 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2011-06-03 12:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-06-08 10:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 347/11 011004Z JUN 11.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Andaman or Burma Sea
- position
- 11.605, 92.845
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ANDAMAN SEA. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 080730Z TO 080900Z JUN IN AREA BOUND BY 11-39.7N 092-46.3E, 11-40.6N 092-47.0E, 11-37.8N 092-57.1E, 11-30.4N 092-48.9E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 081000Z JUN.
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.
- 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 · military exercises
404 within 180 nm since 2002 · 18 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 251000Z to 251230Z sep in area bound by 11-39.70N 092-46.30E, 11-40.60N 092-47.00E,…2026-09-23
- Hazardous operations 1030Z to 1130Z 24 sep in area bound by 11-40.80N 092-45.90E, 11-38.13N 093-00.70E,…2026-09-21
- Hazardous operations 0130Z to 0330Z, 0430Z to 0600Z and 0830Z to 0930Z daily 15 thru 18 sep in area bound by…2026-09-11
- Hazardous operations 0830Z to 1030Z 16 and 18 sep in area bound by 13-00.00N 093-40.00E, 13-00.00N…2026-09-11
- Hazardous operations 150430Z to 150630Z and 150830Z to 151030Z sepin area bound by 11-52.00N 092-19.00E,…2026-09-11
- Hazardous operations 0130Z to 0530Z and 0730Z to 1130Z daily 14 and 15 sep in area bound by 13-38.75N…2026-09-10
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 23:22Z; 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.