Exercises

Hazardous operations 2300Z to 0200Z commencing daily 15 thru 17 sep and 0400Z to 0700Z daily 16 thru 18 sep…

Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 1769/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-09-18 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 XI 504/08 11 SEP 08.. Issued 2008-09-11 09:37Z. 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 →

Activity windows · 6 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2008-09-15 23:00Z2008-09-16 02:00Z—3 h
2008-09-16 04:00Z2008-09-16 07:00Z—3 h
2008-09-16 23:00Z2008-09-17 02:00Z—3 h
2008-09-17 04:00Z2008-09-17 07:00Z—3 h
2008-09-17 23:00Z2008-09-18 02:00Z—3 h
2008-09-18 04:00Z2008-09-18 07:00Z—3 h

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

issued
2008-09-11 09:37Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2008-09-18 08:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 504/08 11 SEP 08.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Japan Sea
position
42.112, 134.501
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2300Z TO 0200Z COMMENCING DAILY
   15 THRU 17 SEP AND 0400Z TO 0700Z DAILY 16 THRU 18 SEP
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   40-49.0N 134-54.0E, 40-58.0N 134-17.0E,
   42-22.5N 131-15.0E, 42-41.0N 131-18.5E,
   42-41.0N 133-31.5E, 43-40.0N 136-06.0E,
   42-00.0N 136-31.5E, 40-48.0N 135-58.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 180800Z 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

241 within 180 nm since 1999 · 3 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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26

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

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 19:53Z; 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.