Missiles

Missile operations 1400Z to 0800Z daily 19 thru 23 and 25 jun in area bound by 42-43.50N 132-37.00E,…

Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 1979/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-06-26 09:00Z

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 80/23 140904Z JUN 23.. Issued 2023-06-14 09:20Z. 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 · 5 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2023-06-19 14:00Z2023-06-20 08:00Z—18 h
2023-06-20 14:00Z2023-06-21 08:00Z—18 h
2023-06-21 14:00Z2023-06-22 08:00Z—18 h
2023-06-22 14:00Z2023-06-23 08:00Z—18 h
2023-06-23 14:00Z2023-06-24 08:00Z—18 h

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

issued
2023-06-14 09:20Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-06-26 09:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIII 80/23 140904Z JUN 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Japan Sea
position
42.454, 132.150
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SEA OF JAPAN.
RUSSIA.
DNC 23, DNC 24.
1. MISSILE OPERATIONS 1400Z TO 0800Z
   DAILY 19 THRU 23 AND 25 JUN
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   42-43.50N 132-37.00E, 42-43.50N 131-41.00E,
   42-11.00N 131-41.00E, 42-11.00N 132-37.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 260900Z JUN 23.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Missile firing
Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
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 · missile & rocket hazards

171 within 180 nm since 2010 · 5 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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25
26

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

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 13:17Z; source collection times vary.

Missiles

Missile firings, rocket launches and space debris re-entry areas. All current missile & rocket hazards →

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.