Missile and gunnery operations 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in areas bound by: a. 48-15.00N…
Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 1802/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-06-20 11:00Z
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 67/23 300904Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-30 09:11Z. 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.
Activity windows · 16 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-04 22:00Z | 2023-06-05 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2023-06-05 22:00Z | 2023-06-06 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2023-06-06 22:00Z | 2023-06-07 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2023-06-07 22:00Z | 2023-06-08 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2023-06-08 22:00Z | 2023-06-09 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2023-06-09 22:00Z | 2023-06-10 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2023-06-10 22:00Z | 2023-06-11 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2023-06-11 22:00Z | 2023-06-12 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| … 8 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2023-05-30 09:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-06-20 11:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIII 67/23 300904Z MAY 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Japan Sea
- position
- 47.618, 140.666
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SEA OF JAPAN.
RUSSIA.
DNC 24.
1. MISSILE AND GUNNERY OPERATIONS
2200Z TO 1000Z DAILY 04 THRU 19 JUN
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 48-15.00N 140-40.00E, 48-10.00N 140-00.00E,
47-35.00N 140-10.00E, 47-45.00N 141-10.00E.
B. 47-45.00N 141-10.00E, 47-35.00N 140-10.00E,
47-00.00N 140-20.00E, 47-15.00N 141-30.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 201100Z JUN 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.
- Missile firing
- Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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 · missile & rocket hazards
21 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.
- Missile operations 151400Z to 161000Z sep in area bound by 50-16.00N 140-28.20E, 50-11.30N 140-47.80E,…2026-09-14
- Missile operations 1400Z to 1000Z daily 16 thru 18 and 20 thru 22 sep in area bound by 50-16.00N 140-28.20E,…2026-09-11
- Missile operations 2000Z to 1200Z daily 10 thru 15 aug in area bound by 46-54.80N 144-08.60E, 47-35.30N…2026-08-11
- Missile operations 1400Z to 0800Z daily 18 thru 24 mar in area bound by 50-16.00N 140-28.20E, 50-11.30N…2024-03-13
- Missile and gunnery operations 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in area bound by 48-15.00N 141-35.00E,…2023-06-01
- Missile and gunnery 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in area bound by 47-15.00N 141-30.00E, 47-00.00N…2023-05-31
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
6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 17:06Z; source collection times vary.
Missiles
Missile firings, rocket launches and space debris re-entry areas. All current missile & rocket hazards →
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.