Hazardous operations 0200Z to 1201Z daily 15 thru 17 oct in area bound by 08-51N 166-30E, 08-43N 167-43E,…
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1908/02
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) · USAKA KWAJALEIN OP#K5001 080330Z OCT 02; AUSCOAST 120854Z OCT. Issued 2002-10-12 09:55Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V searanger vicinity 39-50.7S 145-49.1Ecancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1907/02, 1908/02 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-10-15 02:00Z | 2002-10-15 12:01Z | — | 10 h 01 |
| 2002-10-16 02:00Z | 2002-10-16 12:01Z | — | 10 h 01 |
| 2002-10-17 02:00Z | 2002-10-17 12:01Z | — | 10 h 01 |
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 09:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-10-17 13:01Z
- authority
- USAKA KWAJALEIN OP#K5001 080330Z OCT 02; AUSCOAST 120854Z OCT
- issued by
- RTS SAFETY KWAJALEIN MH
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 8.472, 167.028
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0200Z TO 1201Z DAILY 15 THRU 17 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 08-51N 166-30E, 08-43N 167-43E, 07-51N 166-52E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1896/02(75), OPERATIONS SUSPENDED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 171301Z 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
121 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 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.
- Hazardous operations 130800Z to 131330Z jun, alternate 0800Z to 1330Z daily 14 jun thru 03 jul in areas…2025-06-03
- Hazardous operations 010700Z to 011411Z nov, alternate 020700Z to 021411Z nov in areas bound by a. 09-53.00N…2023-10-27
- Hazardous operations 060700Z to 061411Z sep, alternate 070700Z to 071411Z sep in areas bound by: a.…2023-09-01
- Hazardous operations 222200Z to 230400Z mar, alternate 2200Z to 0400Z daily 23 thru 28 mar in areas bound…2023-03-21
- Hazardous operations 100700Z to 101434Z feb, alternate 110700Z to 111434Z feb in areas bound by: a.…2023-02-05
- Hazardous operations 070700Z to 071411Z sep, alternate 080700Z to 081411Z sep in area bound by 10-11.00N…2022-09-01
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 18:43Z; 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.