Gunnery exercises in progress until 070400Z aug in area bound by 25-03.00N 122-11.00E, 25-34.00N 122-11.00E,…
Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 2138/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-08-07 05:00Z
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 247/22 050046Z AUG 22.. Issued 2022-08-05 03:02Z. 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
- Eastern 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →
- issued
- 2022-08-05 03:02Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-08-07 05:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 247/22 050046Z AUG 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Eastern China Sea
- position
- 25.308, 122.508
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EAST CHINA SEA. TAIWAN. DNC 23. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES IN PROGRESS UNTIL 070400Z AUG IN AREA BOUND BY 25-03.00N 122-11.00E, 25-34.00N 122-11.00E, 25-34.00N 122-50.00E, 25-03.00N 122-50.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 070500Z AUG 22.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
380 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Hazardous operations 160100Z to 160700Z apr in area bound by 26-56.40N 122-22.08E, 26-32.94N 121-57.06E,…2023-04-14
- Gunnery exercises 0100Z to 0230Z daily 12 and 13 jan in area bound by 24-24.00N 122-20.00E, 24-24.00N…2023-01-07
- Hazardous operations 0330Z to 1000Z daily 09 thru 15 dec in areas bound by: a. 23-38.00N 123-22.00E,…2022-12-06
- Hazardous operations in progress until 080200Z aug in area bound by 23-13.00N 122-30.00E, 23-40.00N…2022-08-04
- Gunnery exercise 040400Z to 070400Z aug in area bound by 23-38.00N 123-23.00E, 23-38.00N 122-51.00E,…2022-08-02
- Gunnery exercises 1900Z to 0300Z daily 28, 29 jun, 05 thru 07, 11 thru 14, 19, 20 and 25 jul, and 0100Z to…2022-06-24
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
- 74 km s of yonakuni, japanQuakes · 93.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 06:01Z; 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.