Exercises

Hazardous operations 0001Z to 0830Z daily 15 thru 17 oct in area bound by 12-00N 163-48E, 12-00N 162-00E,…

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1907/02

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2002-10-15 08:25Z

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) · USKA KWAJALEIN OP#K6538/W6330 080250Z OCT 02. Issued 2002-10-12 09:50Z. 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
North Pacific Ocean. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2002-10-15 00:01Z2002-10-15 08:30Z—8 h 29
2002-10-16 00:01Z2002-10-16 08:30Z—8 h 29
2002-10-17 00:01Z2002-10-17 08:30Z—8 h 29

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

issued
2002-10-12 09:50Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2002-10-17 09:30Z
authority
USKA KWAJALEIN OP#K6538/W6330 080250Z OCT 02
issued by
USKA KWAJALEIN
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
16.221, 170.052
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0001Z TO 0830Z DAILY
   15 THRU 17 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 12-00N 163-48E,
   12-00N 162-00E, 19-00N 162-00E, 19-00N 167-15E,
   22-00N 167-15E, 22-00N 177-00E, 11-33N 177-00E,
   11-33N 169-31E, 10-18N 169-24E, 10-16N 168-47E,
   08-54N 168-47E, 08-54N 167-46E, 09-00N 167-43E,
   09-11N 167-40E, 09-21N 167-36E, 10-12N 167-15E,
   11-41N 167-15E, 11-55N 165-53E, 11-44N 165-34E.
   11-45N 165-16E, 11-43N 164-13E, 11-42N 163-56E,
   11-56N 163-48E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 170930Z OCT.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

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

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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 19:49Z; 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.