Hazardous operations 041430Z to 051630Z nov in area bound by 16-36N 084-03E, 15-20N 085-09E, 14-15N 083-49E,…
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 2099/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-11-05 17:30Z
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 VIII 664/06 011001Z NOV 06; NAVAREA VIII 668/06 021001Z NOV 06.. Issued 2006-11-03 10:20Z. 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
- Bay of Bengal. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-11-04 14:30Z | 2006-11-05 16:30Z | — | 26 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2006-11-03 10:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2006-11-05 17:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 664/06 011001Z NOV 06; NAVAREA VIII 668/06 021001Z NOV 06.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 15.428, 83.939
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 041430Z TO 051630Z NOV IN AREA BOUND BY 16-36N 084-03E, 15-20N 085-09E, 14-15N 083-49E, 15-32N 082-44E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2068/06. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 051730Z NOV.
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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
705 within 180 nm since 2001 · 16 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.
- Hazardous operations 0030Z to 1030Z daily 30 sep thru 02 oct in areas bound by: a. 17-42.00N 083-53.00E,…2026-09-30
- Hazardous operations 300430Z to 301130Z sep in area bound by 17-12.10N 083-36.20E, 17-12.80N 084-03.90E,…2026-09-28
- Hazardous operations 0030Z to 1030Z daily 29 sep thru 01 oct in areas bound by: a. 17-58.90N 084-11.70E,…2026-09-27
- Hazardous operations 0700Z to 1200Z daily 22 thru 24 sep in area bound by 17-06.00N 082-21.60E, 17-06.00N…2026-09-18
- Hazardous operations 211330Z to 241530Z sep in area bound by 16-20.10N 084-29.30E, 16-01.80N 087-23.30E,…2026-09-18
- Hazardous operations 020230Z to 021130Z sep in area bound by 17-46.00N 084-12.00E, 17-14.00N 084-12.00E,…2026-09-01
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
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 08:53Z; 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.