Pakistan conducts hazardous operations in the Arabian Sea on August 3-7, 10-14, 17-21, 24-28, and 31, from 0300 to 1900Z daily.
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2169/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-08 17:45Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-07-21 14:56Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-01 15:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Arabian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 03:00Z | 2026-08-03 19:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2026-08-04 03:00Z | 2026-08-04 19:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2026-08-05 03:00Z | 2026-08-05 19:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2026-08-06 03:00Z | 2026-08-06 19:00Z | — | 16 h |
| 2026-08-07 03:00Z | 2026-08-07 19:00Z | — | 16 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2026-07-21 14:56Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-08-31 20:00Z
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 24.475, 62.501
- nearest port
- Gwadar · 76 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA.
PAKISTAN.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0300Z TO 1900Z DAILY
03 THRU 07, 10 THRU 14, 17 THRU 21, 24 THRU 28
AND 31 AUG IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 24-24.30N 066-42.00E, 24-19.00N 066-58.00E,
24-00.00N 066-39.00E, 24-11.00N 066-27.00E.
B. 24-36.02N 062-30.03E, 24-36.02N 063-15.03E,
24-21.02N 063-15.03E, 24-21.02N 062-30.03E.
C. 24-36.02N 061-45.03E, 24-36.02N 062-30.03E,
24-21.02N 062-30.03E, 24-21.02N 061-45.03E.
D. 24-22.00N 066-27.00E, 24-16.30N 066-33.00E,
24-10.30N 066-27.00E, 24-16.18N 066-20.50E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 312000Z AUG 26.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.
- 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 · military exercises
198 within 180 nm since 2004 · 9 in the last 12 months · 1 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 0300Z to 1900Z daily 01 and 02, 05 thru 09, 12 thru 16, 19 thru 23 and 26 thru 30 oct…2026-09-29
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1200Z daily 25 and 26 sep in area bound by 25-12.00N 064-27.83E, 25-12.00N…2026-09-18
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1900Z daily 01 thru 04, 07 thru 11, 14 thru 18, 21 thru 25 and 28 thru 30 sep…2026-08-30
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1500Z daily 20 and 21 apr in area bound by 25-13.00N 064-18.00E, 25-13.00N…2026-04-16
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1300Z daily 20 and 21 apr in area bound by 25-05.88N 062-22.27E, 24-58.82N…2026-04-15
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1900Z daily 01 thru 03, 06 thru 10, 13 thru 17, 20 thru 24 and 27 thru 30 apr…2026-03-27
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
31 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 22:51Z; 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.