Hazardous operations occur daily on 3,7,10,14,17,21,24,28,31 August in an area near 10N 76E, Eastern Indian Ocean.
Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 2190/26
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 2026-07-31 13:38Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-31 19:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Laccadive 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 Laccadive Sea →
- issued
- 2026-07-31 13:38Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-08-31 13:00Z
- sea
- Laccadive Sea
- position
- 9.851, 76.212
- nearest port
- Cochin · 7 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN. INDIA. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0900Z TO 1200Z AND 1230Z TO 1430Z DAILY 07, 14, 21 AND 28 AND 0900Z TO 1200Z DAILY 03, 10, 17, 24 AND 31 AUG IN AREA BOUND BY 09-57.60N 076-14.50E, 09-47.40N 076-16.60E, 09-46.80N 076-11.60E, 09-50.00N 076-07.60E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 311300Z 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
1000 within 180 nm since 2000 · 13 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 241330Z to 241730Z sep in area bound by 09-35.00N 075-11.00E, 09-35.00N 075-27.00E,…2026-09-23
- Hazardous operations 0230Z to 0800Z daily 23 thru 25 sep in area bound by 10-50.00N 075-00.00E, 10-50.00N…2026-09-21
- Hazardous operations 0230Z to 0800Z daily 16 thru 18 sep in area bound by 10-50.00N 075-00.00E, 10-50.00N…2026-09-11
- Hazardous operations 0230Z to 0800Z daily 09 thru 11 sep 26 in area bound by 10-20.00N 075-00.00E, 10-20.00N…2026-09-05
- Hazardous operations 0900Z to 1200Z and 1230Z to 1430Z daily 04, 11, 18, 25 sep and 0900Z to 1200Z daily 07,…2026-09-04
- Hazardous operations 030200Z to 030730Z and 030830Z to 031130Z sep in area bound by 10-46.42N 073-42.00E,…2026-09-01
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
17 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 21:31Z; 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.