Hazardous operations 0200Z to 0600Z daily 28 thru 31 may in area bound by 08-52.13N 092-26.66E, 07-23.76N…
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 1753/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-05-29 12:44Z
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 518/23 261006Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-26 10:28Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. 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 · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-28 02:00Z | 2023-05-28 06:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2023-05-29 02:00Z | 2023-05-29 06:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2023-05-30 02:00Z | 2023-05-30 06:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2023-05-31 02:00Z | 2023-05-31 06:00Z | — | 4 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2023-05-26 10:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-05-31 07:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 518/23 261006Z MAY 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 8.201, 93.053
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ANDAMAN SEA. BAY OF BENGAL. NICOBAR ISLANDS. DNC 03. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0200Z TO 0600Z DAILY 28 THRU 31 MAY IN AREA BOUND BY 08-52.13N 092-26.66E, 07-23.76N 092-06.21E, 07-08.08N 093-05.28E, 08-44.30N 094-14.25E, 09-10.66N 093-13.78E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 310730Z MAY 23.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
80 within 180 nm since 2008 · 3 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.
- Hazardous operations 0130Z to 0330Z, 0430Z to 0600Z and 0830Z to 0930Z daily 15 thru 18 sep in area bound by…2026-09-11
- Hazardous operations 090900Z to 111230Z sep in area bound by 08-21.00N 091-30.10E, 06-47.40N 091-39.10E,…2026-09-08
- Hazardous operations 0230Z to 1230Z daily 20 thru 24 jan in areas bound by: a. 08-17.73N 092-56.16E,…2026-01-14
- Hazardous operations 0330Z to 0730Z daily 15, 16 and 18 apr in area bound by 08-35.38N 091-59.63E, 07-09.80N…2024-04-12
- Hazardous operations 0330Z to 0500Z and 0930Z to 1130Z daily 29 and 30 mar in area bound by 11-39.18N…2024-03-27
- Hazardous operations 210330Z to 210530Z mar in area bound by 09-14.00N 094-58.00E, 09-14.00N 094-08.00E,…2024-03-19
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 13:46Z; 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.