Ordnance

Bombing exercises: a. 050001Z to 061500Z jan in area bound by 25-23N 132-18E, 23-37N 134-29E, 22-40N…

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 21/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-01-06 11:49Z

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) · USS CARL VINSON 020940Z JAN 10.. Issued 2011-01-02 11:18Z. 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
South China 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.

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Activity windows · 5 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2011-01-05 00:01Z2011-01-06 15:00Z—38 h 59
2011-01-07 00:01Z2011-01-08 15:00Z—38 h 59
2011-01-10 00:01Z2011-01-10 15:00Z—14 h 59
2011-01-15 00:01Z2011-01-15 15:00Z—14 h 59
2011-01-17 00:01Z2011-01-17 15:00Z—14 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
2011-01-02 11:18Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2011-01-17 16:00Z
authority
USS CARL VINSON 020940Z JAN 10.
issued by
USS CARL VINSON
sea
South China Sea
position
16.292, 116.508
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
SOUTH CHINA SEA.
ORDNANCE.
1. BOMBING EXERCISES:
   A. 050001Z TO 061500Z JAN
      IN AREA BOUND BY
      25-23N 132-18E, 23-37N 134-29E,
      22-40N 133-35E, 24-26N 131-23E.
   B. 070001Z TO 081500Z JAN
      IN AREA BOUND BY
      25-56N 129-34E, 25-21N 130-32E,
      24-35N 130-00E, 25-11N 129-02E.
   C. 100001Z TO 101500Z JAN
      IN AREA BOUND BY
      31-58N 128-25E, 31-08N 129-14E,
      30-23N 128-00E, 31-11N 127-42E.
   D. 150001Z TO 151500Z JAN
      IN AREA BOUND BY
      27-22N 124-28E, 27-00N 125-17E,
      25-06N 124-15E, 25-27N 123-27E.
   E. 170001Z TO 171500Z JAN
      IN AREA BOUND BY
      18-30N 117-18E, 17-26N 118-39E,
      14-05N 115-43E, 15-09N 114-22E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 171600Z JAN.

Reading this warning

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.
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 · ordnance operations

2 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

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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

0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:24Z; source collection times vary.

Ordnance

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

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