Missile and gunnery operations 2300Z to 0800Z daily 16 thru 30 aug in area bound by 47-56.60N 153-30.40E,…
Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 2209/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-08-22 09:46Z
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 72/22 110937Z AUG 22.. Issued 2022-08-11 13:18Z. 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
- Sea of Okhotsk. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2209/22 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Sea of Okhotsk →
Activity windows · 15 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-16 23:00Z | 2022-08-17 08:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2022-08-17 23:00Z | 2022-08-18 08:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2022-08-18 23:00Z | 2022-08-19 08:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2022-08-19 23:00Z | 2022-08-20 08:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2022-08-20 23:00Z | 2022-08-21 08:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2022-08-21 23:00Z | 2022-08-22 08:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2022-08-22 23:00Z | 2022-08-23 08:00Z | — | 9 h |
| 2022-08-23 23:00Z | 2022-08-24 08:00Z | — | 9 h |
| … 7 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2022-08-11 13:18Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-08-31 09:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIII 72/22 110937Z AUG 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sea of Okhotsk
- position
- 47.228, 150.460
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SEA OF OKHOTSK. WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. KURIL ISLANDS. DNC 24. 1. MISSILE AND GUNNERY OPERATIONS 2300Z TO 0800Z DAILY 16 THRU 30 AUG IN AREA BOUND BY 47-56.60N 153-30.40E, 47-47.80N 152-58.20E, 48-14.60N 153-30.40E, 49-05.00N 150-01.00E, 47-44.00N 147-49.50E, 45-33.00N 149-20.50E, 45-03.00N 149-46.80E, 45-17.50N 151-17.00E, 46-03.00N 151-51.00E, 46-52.00N 151-42.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 310900Z 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.
- Missile firing
- Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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
24 within 180 nm since 2016 · 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.
- Missile and gunnery operations 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in areas bound by: a. 45-05.00N…2023-06-01
- Missile and gunnery 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in areas bound by: a. 50-00.00N 155-15.00E,…2023-05-31
- Missile and gunnery 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in areas bound by: a. 44-50.00N 149-20.00E,…2023-05-31
- Gunnery and missile operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 17 thru 30 aug: a. in 45-18.00N 148-40.00E2022-08-15
- Gunnery and missile operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 17 thru 30 aug in areas bound by: a. 47-20.00N…2022-08-15
- Missile operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 31 may thru 14 jun in areas bound by a. 45-20.00N 150-10.00E,…2022-05-27
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
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 08:36Z; 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.