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Bombing exercises 0001Z to 1300Z daily 01, 02, 06 thru 10, 13 thru 17, 20 thru 24 and 27 thru 31 oct in area…

Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 1660/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-10-31 14:00Z

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 487/03 25 SEP 03. Issued 2003-09-26 10:25Z. 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
Japan 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 Japan Sea →

issued
2003-09-26 10:25Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2003-10-31 14:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 487/03 25 SEP 03
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Japan Sea
position
38.304, 129.171
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. BOMBING EXERCISES 0001Z TO 1300Z DAILY 01,
   02, 06 THRU 10, 13 THRU 17, 20 THRU 24
   AND 27 THRU 31 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
   38-25N 128-45E, 38-25N 129-30E,
   38-10N 129-30E, 38-10N 129-00E,
   38-17N 129-00E, 38-17N 128-45E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 311400Z OCT.

Reading this warning

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

88 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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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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

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 20:14Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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