Missiles

Hazardous operations 291230Z to 291430Z oct within: a. five miles of 08-31.98N 076-52.05E between 190…

Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 2270/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-10-29 15:30Z

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 VIII 616/10 271003Z OCT 10.. Issued 2010-10-28 01:07Z. 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
Laccadive Sea. The parsed report position is 8.533, 76.868. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.

  1. HYDROPAC 2052/102010-10-04 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 2270/10 · this notice2010-10-28 · Archived notice
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Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2010-10-29 12:30Z2010-10-29 14:30Z—2 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2010-10-28 01:07Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2010-10-29 15:30Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 616/10 271003Z OCT 10.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Laccadive Sea
position
8.533, 76.868
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

INDIA-SOUTHWEST COAST.
ROCKETS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 291230Z TO 291430Z OCT
   WITHIN:
   A. FIVE MILES OF 08-31.98N 076-52.05E
      BETWEEN 190 DEGREES AND 300 DEGREES.
   B. 75 MILES OF 08-31.98N 076-52.05E
      BETWEEN 220 DEGREES AND 260 DEGREES.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 291530Z OCT.

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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

170 within 180 nm since 2000 · 3 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

7 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 23:55Z; 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.