Exercises
Hazardous operations 0230Z to 1230Z daily 14 thru 21 sep in area between 15-13N 15-11N and 073-57E 073-52E
HYDROPAC 1652/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-09-21 13:30Z
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 507/02 091001Z SEP 02; NAVAREA XI 582/02 101205Z SEP 02. Issued 2002-09-10 13:20Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
Activity windows · 8 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-09-14 02:30Z | 2002-09-14 12:30Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-09-15 02:30Z | 2002-09-15 12:30Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-09-16 02:30Z | 2002-09-16 12:30Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-09-17 02:30Z | 2002-09-17 12:30Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-09-18 02:30Z | 2002-09-18 12:30Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-09-19 02:30Z | 2002-09-19 12:30Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-09-20 02:30Z | 2002-09-20 12:30Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-09-21 02:30Z | 2002-09-21 12:30Z | — | 10 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2002-09-10 13:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-09-21 13:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 507/02 091001Z SEP 02; NAVAREA XI 582/02 101205Z SEP 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0230Z TO 1230Z DAILY 14 THRU 21 SEP IN AREA BETWEEN 15-13N 15-11N AND 073-57E 073-52E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1622/02(81,97), OPERATIONS COMPLETED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 211330Z SEP.
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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No parsed position is available for this comparison.
Worldwide in the collected sources
17 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 17:10Z; 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.