Ordnance

Hazardous operations

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 1993/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-10-31 21:59Z

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) · CTF 50 260602Z SEP 10.. Issued 2010-09-28 11:40Z. 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
Persian Gulf. 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 Persian Gulf →

Activity windows · 2 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2010-09-30 20:00Z2010-10-31 19:59Z—743 h 59
2010-10-30 21:00Z2010-10-31 20:59Z—23 h 59

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

issued
2010-09-28 11:40Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2010-10-31 21:59Z
authority
CTF 50 260602Z SEP 10.
issued by
CTF
sea
Persian Gulf
position
28.405, 50.317
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF OMAN.
RED SEA.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
ORDNANCE.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 302000Z SEP TO 311959Z OCT
   IN AREAS BETWEEN:
   A. 23-00.00N 24-00.00N AND 062-00.00E 063-00.00E.
   B. 23-06.00N 24-05.00N AND 060-44.00E 061-16.00E.
2. BOMBING EXERCISES 302100Z TO 312059Z OCT IN AREAS:
   A. BETWEEN
      26-00.00N 26-20.00N AND 052-23.00E 052-57.00E.
   B. BETWEEN
      27-20.00N 27-52.00N AND 050-25.00E 051-04.00E.
   C. BETWEEN
      26-50.00N 27-10.00N AND 051-27.00E 052-00.00E.
   D. BOUND BY
      29-09.00N 049-46.00E, 29-02.50N 049-46.00E,
      28-52.30N 049-43.53E, 28-30.50N 049-52.30E,
      28-17.10N 050-12.00E, 28-17.30N 050-42.50E.
   E. BOUND BY
      28-16.50N 050-24.30E, 28-17.30N 050-43.15E,
      27-52.15N 051-03.15E, 27-51.33N 050-25.50E.
   F. BETWEEN
      25-35.00N 25-55.00N AND 053-12.00E 053-46.00E.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 312159Z 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.
Unexploded ordnance
Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
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.
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 · ordnance operations

84 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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05
10
15
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22

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
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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 23:55Z; source collection times vary.

Ordnance

Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →

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.