Exercises

Hazardous operations 1300Z to 1500Z daily 29 jan thru 01 feb in area bound by 74-00N 171-00E, 75-00N…

Arctic Ocean · HYDROPAC 199/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-02-01 16:00Z

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) · RUSSIA COASTAL WARNING EAST 3/09 231300Z JAN 09.. Issued 2009-01-24 11:38Z. 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
Arctic 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Arctic Ocean →

Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2009-01-29 13:00Z2009-01-29 15:00Z—2 h
2009-01-30 13:00Z2009-01-30 15:00Z—2 h
2009-01-31 13:00Z2009-01-31 15:00Z—2 h
2009-02-01 13:00Z2009-02-01 15:00Z—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
2009-01-24 11:38Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2009-02-01 16:00Z
authority
RUSSIA COASTAL WARNING EAST 3/09 231300Z JAN 09.
issued by
RUSSIA COASTAL WARNING EAST
sea
Arctic Ocean
position
73.381, 175.081
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1300Z TO 1500Z DAILY
   29 JAN THRU 01 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY
   74-00N 171-00E, 75-00N 176-00E,
   72-00N 178-00E, 71-30N 177-00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 011600Z FEB.

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

2 within 180 nm since 2004 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

04
05
09

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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A
M
J
J
A
S
O
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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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 00:58Z; 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.