Exercises

Hazardous operations 2000Z to 2100Z daily 08 thru 11 nov in ellipse shaped area centered in 24-23N 161-46E

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2109/06

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2006-11-11 22:00Z

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 XI 486/06 04 NOV 06.. Issued 2006-11-04 08:47Z. 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 24.383, 161.767. 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)	local	length
2006-11-08 20:00Z	2006-11-08 21:00Z	—	1 h
2006-11-09 20:00Z	2006-11-09 21:00Z	—	1 h
2006-11-10 20:00Z	2006-11-10 21:00Z	—	1 h
2006-11-11 20:00Z	2006-11-11 21:00Z	—	1 h

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

issued: 2006-11-04 08:47Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2006-11-11 22:00Z
authority: NAVAREA XI 486/06 04 NOV 06.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 24.383, 161.767
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2000Z TO 2100Z DAILY
   08 THRU 11 NOV IN ELLIPSE SHAPED AREA CENTERED
   IN 24-23N 161-46E. LARGE AXIS 216 MILES AND
   SMALL AXIS 59.4 MILES.
   AZIMUTH OF LARGE AXIS 134 DEGREES.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 112200Z 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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

13 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:23Z; 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.