Hazardous operations 2200Z to 1000Z commencing daily 19 thru 22 oct in area bound 04-55N 099-45E, 05-53N…
Malacca Strait · HYDROPAC 1660/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-10-23 11:00Z
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 XI 694/01 140800Z OCT 01. Issued 2001-10-14 08:30Z. 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
- Malacca Strait. The parsed report position is 5.313, 99.088. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Malacca Strait →
Activity windows · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-10-19 22:00Z | 2001-10-20 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2001-10-20 22:00Z | 2001-10-21 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2001-10-21 22:00Z | 2001-10-22 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2001-10-22 22:00Z | 2001-10-23 10:00Z | — | 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
- 2001-10-14 08:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2001-10-23 11:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 694/01 140800Z OCT 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Malacca Strait
- position
- 5.313, 99.088
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2200Z TO 1000Z COMMENCING DAILY 19 THRU 22 OCT IN AREA BOUND 04-55N 099-45E, 05-53N 099-35E, 04-34N 098-38E, 05-53N 098-23E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 231100Z OCT.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
55 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Gunnery exercises 250600Z to 250800Z apr in area bound by 03-45.00N 099-35.00E, 03-50.00N 099-35.00E,…2024-04-24
- Hazardous operations in progress until 24 sep within 70 miles of 05-28N 099-30E2008-09-24
- Hazardous operations 0100Z to 0700Z daily 18 and 20 jul in area bound by 04-33N 099-48E, 04-14N 100-17E,…2007-07-13
- Hazardous operations 0100Z to 1000Z daily 19 thru 26 may in vicinity 05-28N 099-08E2006-05-19
- Hazardous operations 0001Z to 1601Z daily 02 thru 06, 09 thru 13, 16 thru 20, 23 thru 27, 30 and 31 jan in…2005-12-28
- Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 1601Z daily 01 thru 03, 05 thru 11, 12 thru 17, and 19 thru 24 dec in area bound…2005-11-30
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
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 22:58Z; 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.