Hazardous operations 2300Z to 1000Z commencing daily 21 thru 25 jul in area bound by 41-33-18N 132-22-48E,…
Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 2133/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-07-26 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 51/16 16 JUL 16.. Issued 2016-07-16 09:50Z. 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
- Japan 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.
Activity windows · 5 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-21 23:00Z | 2016-07-22 10:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2016-07-22 23:00Z | 2016-07-23 10:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2016-07-23 23:00Z | 2016-07-24 10:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2016-07-24 23:00Z | 2016-07-25 10:00Z | — | 11 h |
| 2016-07-25 23:00Z | 2016-07-26 10:00Z | — | 11 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2016-07-16 09:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-07-26 11:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIII 51/16 16 JUL 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Japan Sea
- position
- 42.210, 132.146
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SEA OF JAPAN. RUSSIA. MISSILES. DNC 23, DNC 24. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2300Z TO 1000Z COMMENCING DAILY 21 THRU 25 JUL IN AREA BOUND BY 41-33-18N 132-22-48E, 42-10-48N 131-42-48E, 42-45-00N 131-15-00E, 42-51-12N 131-25-00E, 42-32-00N 132-10-12E, 42-03-12N 133-02-06E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 261100Z 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
171 within 180 nm since 2010 · 5 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.
- Missile firing2026-09-09
- Missile operations 1400Z to 0800Z daily 14 thru 18 sep in area bound by 42-31.50N 131-16.00E, 42-38.40N…2026-09-09
- Missile operations 1400Z to 0800Z daily 25 thru 30 aug in area bound by 42-43.90N 132-50.60E, 42-30.50N…2026-08-20
- Missile firing2026-08-20
- Missile operations 2300Z to 1500Z daily 11 thru 16 and 18 thru 30 jan in area bound by 42-00.00N 132-20.00E,…2026-01-08
- Missile operations 230001Z to 231000Z, 240001Z to 241400Z and 260500Z to 261400Z apr in area bound by…2024-04-19
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
8 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 06:34Z; 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.