Exercises

Hazardous operations

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1979/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-07-07 23:00Z

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) · COMCOGARD SECTOR GUAM 299/13 070637Z JUL 13 - AUSCOAST 177/13 CX 070734Z JUL 13.. Issued 2013-07-07 08:05Z. 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 · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2013-07-07 20:00Z2013-07-07 22:00Z—2 h

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

issued
2013-07-07 08:05Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2013-07-07 23:00Z
authority
COMCOGARD SECTOR GUAM 299/13 070637Z JUL 13 - AUSCOAST 177/13 CX 070734Z JUL 13.
issued by
COMCOGARD SECTOR GUAM
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
11.743, 144.013
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC.
MARIANA ISLANDS.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 072000Z TO 072200Z JUL
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   13-10N 144-43E, 13-10N 144-30E,
   12-45N 144-30E, 11-45N 143-00E,
   11-00N 143-00E, 11-00N 144-45E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1973/13(75), AID RESTORED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 072300Z JUL 13.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

969 within 180 nm since 2002 · 61 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

Worldwide in the collected sources

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 13:08Z; 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.