Missiles

Hazardous operations 2300Z to 0030Z commencing daily 15 thru 18 jul within 216 miles of 03-00N 166-00E

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2015/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-07-16 09:05Z

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 XI 515/11 130959Z JUL 11.. Issued 2011-07-13 10:43Z. 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 parsed report position is 3.000, 166.000 with a 216.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2011-07-15 23:00Z2011-07-16 00:30Z—1 h 30
2011-07-16 23:00Z2011-07-17 00:30Z—1 h 30
2011-07-17 23:00Z2011-07-18 00:30Z—1 h 30
2011-07-18 23:00Z2011-07-19 00:30Z—1 h 30

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

issued
2011-07-13 10:43Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2011-07-19 01:30Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 515/11 130959Z JUL 11.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
3.000, 166.000 · r 216.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC.
ROCKETS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2300Z TO 0030Z
   COMMENCING DAILY 15 THRU 18 JUL WITHIN
   216 MILES OF 03-00N 166-00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 190130Z JUL.

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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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

1 within 180 nm since 2011 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
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

6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 20:50Z; 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.