Missiles

Hazardous operations 110001Z to 110300Z, 110500Z to 110800Z, 112300Z to 120300Z, 120400Z to 120800Z, 122300Z…

Bering Sea · HYDROPAC 2046/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-07-14 11:00Z

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 49/16 071815Z JUL 16.. Issued 2016-07-07 18:35Z. 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: Bering 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 Bering Sea →

Activity windows · 8 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2016-07-11 00:01Z	2016-07-11 03:00Z	—	2 h 59
2016-07-11 05:00Z	2016-07-11 08:00Z	—	3 h
2016-07-11 23:00Z	2016-07-12 03:00Z	—	4 h
2016-07-12 04:00Z	2016-07-12 08:00Z	—	4 h
2016-07-12 23:00Z	2016-07-13 03:00Z	—	4 h
2016-07-13 04:00Z	2016-07-13 10:00Z	—	6 h
2016-07-13 23:00Z	2016-07-14 03:00Z	—	4 h
2016-07-14 04:00Z	2016-07-14 10:00Z	—	6 h

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

issued: 2016-07-07 18:35Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2016-07-14 11:00Z
authority: NAVAREA XIII 49/16 071815Z JUL 16.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Bering Sea
position: 56.510, 164.865
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BERING SEA.
KAMCHATKA-EAST COAST.
MISSILES.
DNC 24.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 110001Z TO 110300Z,
   110500Z TO 110800Z, 112300Z TO 120300Z,
   120400Z TO 120800Z, 122300Z TO 130300Z,
   130400Z TO 131000Z, 132300Z TO 140300Z
   AND 140400Z TO 141000Z JUL
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   54-42-12N 165-34-12E, 56-06-48N 162-08-42E,
   58-13-42N 162-01-36E, 57-16-18N 167-38-12E,
   55-38-00N 167-45-00E, 55-02-54N 166-22-48E,
   54-40-36N 166-40-06E, 54-57-36N 166-10-18E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 141100Z JUL 16.

Reading this warning

Missile firing: Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
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.
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.
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 · missile & rocket hazards

3 within 180 nm since 2015 · 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

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

7 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 15:47Z; 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.