Missile and gunnery 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in areas bound by: a. 50-00.00N 155-15.00E,…
Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 1816/23
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) · VLADIVOSTOK 83/23 310907Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-31 09:46Z. 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 · 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
- 2023-05-31 09:46Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-06-20 11:00Z
- authority
- VLADIVOSTOK 83/23 310907Z MAY 23.
- issued by
- VLADIVOSTOK
- sea
- Sea of Okhotsk
- position
- 45.583, 148.208
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SEA OF OKHOTSK.
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
KURIL ISLANDS.
DNC 24.
1. MISSILE AND GUNNERY 2200Z TO 1000Z
DAILY 04 THRU 19 JUN IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 50-00.00N 155-15.00E, 50-20.00N 154-40.00E,
50-00.00N 154-15.00E, 49-40.00N 154-50.00E.
B. 45-50.00N 148-20.00E, 45-40.00N 147-50.00E,
45-20.00N 148-05.00E, 45-30.00N 148-35.00E.
C. 45-10.00N 148-25.00E, 45-00.00N 148-00.00E,
44-45.00N 148-10.00E, 44-55.00N 148-35.00E.
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
29 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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 1400Z to 1000Z daily 16 thru 22 aug in area bound by 47-16.30N 151-00.00E, 47-16.30N…2026-08-12
- Missile firing2026-08-12
- 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 and gunnery 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in areas bound by: a. 44-50.00N 149-20.00E,…2023-05-31
- Gunnery and missile operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 17 thru 30 aug: a. in 45-18.00N 148-40.00E2022-08-15
- Gunnery and missile operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 17 thru 30 aug in areas bound by: a. 47-20.00N…2022-08-15
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 21:46Z; 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.