Exercises

Hazardous operations 1300Z to 1800Z daily and 1900Z to 0700Z commencing daily 08 thru 13 sep in areas bound…

Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 1724/06

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2006-09-14 08:00Z

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 XIII 45/06 03 SEP 06.. Issued 2006-09-03 12:35Z. 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
Sea of Okhotsk. 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 Sea of Okhotsk →

Activity windows · 12 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2006-09-08 13:00Z2006-09-08 18:00Z—5 h
2006-09-08 19:00Z2006-09-09 07:00Z—12 h
2006-09-09 13:00Z2006-09-09 18:00Z—5 h
2006-09-09 19:00Z2006-09-10 07:00Z—12 h
2006-09-10 13:00Z2006-09-10 18:00Z—5 h
2006-09-10 19:00Z2006-09-11 07:00Z—12 h
2006-09-11 13:00Z2006-09-11 18:00Z—5 h
2006-09-11 19:00Z2006-09-12 07:00Z—12 h
… 4 more

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

issued
2006-09-03 12:35Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2006-09-14 08:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIII 45/06 03 SEP 06.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Sea of Okhotsk
position
53.358, 154.784
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1300Z TO 1800Z DAILY AND
   1900Z TO 0700Z COMMENCING DAILY
   08 THRU 13 SEP IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 47-40.0N 150-15.0E, 48-30.0N 150-22.0E,
      48-22.0N 151-21.2E, 47-35.5N 150-50.5E.
   B. 48-00.0N 151-00.0E, 48-14.5N 151-03.5E,
      51-38.0N 154-06.0E, 55-14.0N 154-13.0E,
      55-54.0N 154-44.0E, 56-24.0N 155-27.0E,
      56-20.0N 155-42.0E, 55-13.3N 155-32.0E,
      55-05.0N 155-27.3E, 51-32.3N 155-22.0E,
      48-06.0N 151-23.3E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 140800Z 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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

21 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

01
05
10
15
19

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

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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

10 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 08:17Z; 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.