Exercises

Hazardous operations 252000Z to 260001Z oct within 30 miles of 36-40N 146-00E

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1930/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-10-26 01:01Z

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) · USCGC RUSH 240209Z OCT 09.. Issued 2009-10-24 06:28Z. 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 parsed report position is 36.667, 146.000 with a 30.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2009-10-25 20:00Z2009-10-26 00:01Z—4 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
2009-10-24 06:28Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2009-10-26 01:01Z
authority
USCGC RUSH 240209Z OCT 09.
issued by
USCGC RUSH
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
36.667, 146.000 · r 30.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 252000Z TO 260001Z OCT
   WITHIN 30 MILES OF 36-40N 146-00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 260101Z 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.
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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

8 within 180 nm since 2008 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

08
10

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

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 08:51Z; 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.