Exercises

Gunnery exercises 31 jan in 06-41N 121-23E

Sulu Sea · HYDROPAC 168/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-02-01 00:00Z

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 38/03 291204Z JAN 03; MENAS BAHRAIN 7/03 29 JAN 03. Issued 2003-01-29 12:40Z. 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
Sulu Sea. The parsed report position is 6.683, 121.383. 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

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issued
2003-01-29 12:40Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 38/03 291204Z JAN 03; MENAS BAHRAIN 7/03 29 JAN 03
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Sulu Sea
position
6.683, 121.383
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 31 JAN IN 06-41N 121-23E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 136/03(62), STATION RESTORED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 FEB.

Reading this warning

Gunnery and live firing
Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

37 within 180 nm since 2003 · 1 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.

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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

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 08:42Z; 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.