Bombing exercises in progress until 311959Z oct in area bound by 23-04N 060-53E, 22-40N 061-52E, 21-46N…
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2208/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-10-31 20:59Z
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) · CTG 50.1 181225Z OCT 10.. Issued 2010-10-22 14:52Z. 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
- 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.
- issued
- 2010-10-22 14:52Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2010-10-31 20:59Z
- authority
- CTG 50.1 181225Z OCT 10.
- issued by
- CTG
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 22.418, 61.155
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF OMAN. ORDNANCE. 1. BOMBING EXERCISES IN PROGRESS UNTIL 311959Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 23-04N 060-53E, 22-40N 061-52E, 21-46N 061-25E, 22-10N 060-27E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 312059Z OCT.
Reading this warning
- Unexploded ordnance
- Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
- 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 · ordnance operations
11 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Bombing exercises: a. in progress until 182359Z feb in area between 15-00N 16-30N and 058-30E 061-00E2011-02-18
- Bombing exercises: a. 160001Z to 182359Z feb in area between 15-00N 16-30N and 058-30E 061-00E2011-02-15
- Bombing exercises 072000Z to 081959Z feb in areas bound by: a. 21-12N 062-04E, 20-48N 063-02E, 19-50N…2011-02-05
- Underwater ordnance detonations 160001Z to 182359Z and 220001Z to 242359Z feb in area bound by 23-50-00N…2009-02-14
- Underwater ordnance detonations 280400Z to 281200Z jan within one mile of 21-00N 060-30E2004-01-26
- Underwater ordnance detonations 020200Z to 020500Z feb within 180 miles of 22-57N 060-51E2003-01-31
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
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 05:46Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →
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.