Gunnery and missile operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 17 thru 30 aug in area bound by 48-37N 140-23E, 46-50N…
Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 2247/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-08-20 07:57Z
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 74/22 151410Z AUG 22.. Issued 2022-08-15 16:06Z. 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
- Japan 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 252100Z to 261100Z aug, alternate 241200Z to 251100Z and 261200Z to…later cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 2247/22 · this notice2022-08-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2248/222022-08-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2249/222022-08-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2250/222022-08-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2283/222022-08-20 · Archived notice
Activity windows · 14 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-17 22:00Z | 2022-08-18 08:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2022-08-18 22:00Z | 2022-08-19 08:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2022-08-19 22:00Z | 2022-08-20 08:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2022-08-20 22:00Z | 2022-08-21 08:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2022-08-21 22:00Z | 2022-08-22 08:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2022-08-22 22:00Z | 2022-08-23 08:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2022-08-23 22:00Z | 2022-08-24 08:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2022-08-24 22:00Z | 2022-08-25 08:00Z | — | 10 h |
| … 6 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2022-08-15 16:06Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-08-31 09:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIII 74/22 151410Z AUG 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Japan Sea
- position
- 47.372, 140.918
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SEA OF JAPAN. JAPAN. DNC 24. 1. GUNNERY AND MISSILE OPERATIONS 2200Z TO 0800Z DAILY 17 THRU 30 AUG IN AREA BOUND BY 48-37N 140-23E, 46-50N 141-50E, 46-16N 141-00E, 48-20N 140-06E. 2. CANCEL THIS MESSAGE 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.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- Missile firing
- Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
- 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
21 within 180 nm since 2010 · 3 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 operations 151400Z to 161000Z sep in area bound by 50-16.00N 140-28.20E, 50-11.30N 140-47.80E,…2026-09-14
- Missile operations 1400Z to 1000Z daily 16 thru 18 and 20 thru 22 sep in area bound by 50-16.00N 140-28.20E,…2026-09-11
- Missile operations 2000Z to 1200Z daily 10 thru 15 aug in area bound by 46-54.80N 144-08.60E, 47-35.30N…2026-08-11
- Missile operations 1400Z to 0800Z daily 18 thru 24 mar in area bound by 50-16.00N 140-28.20E, 50-11.30N…2024-03-13
- Missile and gunnery operations 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in area bound by 48-15.00N 141-35.00E,…2023-06-01
- Missile and gunnery 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in area bound by 47-15.00N 141-30.00E, 47-00.00N…2023-05-31
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
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:34Z; 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.