Exercises

Hazardous operations 2200Z to 0300Z commencing daily 13 thru 15 nov and 0500Z to 1000Z daily 14 thru 16 nov…

Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 1973/07

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2007-11-16 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) · NAVAREA XIII 74/07 10 OCT 07.. Issued 2007-11-10 12:00Z. 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
Japan Sea. 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 Japan Sea →

Activity windows · 6 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2007-11-13 22:00Z2007-11-14 03:00Z—5 h
2007-11-14 05:00Z2007-11-14 10:00Z—5 h
2007-11-14 22:00Z2007-11-15 03:00Z—5 h
2007-11-15 05:00Z2007-11-15 10:00Z—5 h
2007-11-15 22:00Z2007-11-16 03:00Z—5 h
2007-11-16 05:00Z2007-11-16 10:00Z—5 h

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

issued
2007-11-10 12:00Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2007-11-16 11:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIII 74/07 10 OCT 07.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Japan Sea
position
42.503, 132.517
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2200Z TO 0300Z COMMENCING
   DAILY 13 THRU 15 NOV AND 0500Z TO 1000Z DAILY
   14 THRU 16 NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
   42-20.5N 131-44.0E, 42-30.4N 131-18.5E,
   42-40.2N 131-44.0E, 42-40.7N 132-00.0E,
   42-39.0N 133-00.0E, 42-40.4N 133-32.8E,
   42-20.8N 133-32.8E, 42-20.0N 132-00.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 161100Z NOV.

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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

239 within 180 nm since 1999 · 3 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 21:52Z; 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.