Ordnance

Torpedo firing exercises 27 jan thru 01 feb during daylight hours within 12 miles of 26-33N 128-53E

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 187/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-02-02 00:01Z

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) · COMDESRON 15 191044Z JAN 12 - NAVAREA VII 19/12 220744Z JAN 12.. Issued 2012-01-22 10:11Z. 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
Philippine Sea. The parsed report position is 26.550, 128.883 with a 12.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2012-01-22 10:11Z
status
Archived notice
authority
COMDESRON 15 191044Z JAN 12 - NAVAREA VII 19/12 220744Z JAN 12.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
issued by
COMDESRON
sea
Philippine Sea
position
26.550, 128.883 · r 12.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
JAPAN.
OKINAWA.
ORDNANCE.
1. TORPEDO FIRING EXERCISES 27 JAN THRU 01 FEB
   DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS WITHIN 12 MILES
   OF 26-33N 128-53E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 185/12(57,61).
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 02 FEB.

Reading this warning

Unexploded ordnance
Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
Gunnery and live firing
Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations

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

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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

0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:55Z; source collection times vary.

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