Exercises

Hazardous operations 0430Z to 0630Z daily 22 thru 27 oct: a. within 200 miles of 13-44N 080-14E

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 1679/01

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2001-10-22 13:40Z

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 593/01 171001Z OCT 01; GUAMSARCOORD 170754Z OCT 01. Issued 2001-10-17 12:00Z. 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
Bay of Bengal. The parsed report position is 13.733, 80.233 with a 200.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →

Activity windows · 6 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2001-10-22 04:30Z2001-10-22 06:30Z—2 h
2001-10-23 04:30Z2001-10-23 06:30Z—2 h
2001-10-24 04:30Z2001-10-24 06:30Z—2 h
2001-10-25 04:30Z2001-10-25 06:30Z—2 h
2001-10-26 04:30Z2001-10-26 06:30Z—2 h
2001-10-27 04:30Z2001-10-27 06:30Z—2 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2001-10-17 12:00Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2001-10-27 07:30Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 593/01 171001Z OCT 01; GUAMSARCOORD 170754Z OCT 01
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
13.733, 80.233 · r 200.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0430Z TO 0630Z DAILY 22 THRU 27 OCT:
   A. WITHIN 200 MILES OF 13-44N 080-14E.
   B. IN AREA BETWEEN 03-00S 07-00S AND 081-00E 083-00E.
   C. IN AREA BETWEEN 40-00S 45-00S AND 075-30E 078-30E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1678/01(81), SIGNAL CEASED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 270730Z 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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

528 within 180 nm since 1999 · 8 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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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 20:26Z; 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.