Exercises

Hazardous operations 0200Z to 0630Z daily 29 thru 31 may in area bound by 08-44.30N 094-14.25E, 09-10.66N…

Andaman or Burma Sea · HYDROPAC 1791/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-05-31 07:30Z

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 528/23 291220Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-29 12:44Z. 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
Andaman or Burma 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 Andaman or Burma Sea →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2023-05-29 02:00Z2023-05-29 06:30Z—4 h 30
2023-05-30 02:00Z2023-05-30 06:30Z—4 h 30
2023-05-31 02:00Z2023-05-31 06:30Z—4 h 30

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

issued
2023-05-29 12:44Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-05-31 07:30Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 528/23 291220Z MAY 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Andaman or Burma Sea
position
8.119, 93.210
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 0630Z DAILY
   29 THRU 31 MAY IN AREA BOUND BY
   08-44.30N 094-14.25E, 09-10.66N 093-13.78E,
   08-52.13N 092-26.66E, 07-23.76N 092-06.21E,
   07-08.08N 093-58.28E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1753/23.
3. 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.
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

66 within 180 nm since 2008 · 2 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 13:12Z; 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.