Ordnance

Bombing exercises 010001Z to 302359Z nov in areas: a. bound by 13-19N 047-01E, 13-23N 047-11E, 13-14N…

Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 2273/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-12-01 00:59Z

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 51.1 240744Z OCT 10.. Issued 2010-10-28 11:03Z. 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
Gulf of Aden. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2010-11-01 00:01Z2010-11-30 23:59Z—719 h 58

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 11:03Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2010-12-01 00:59Z
authority
CTG 51.1 240744Z OCT 10.
issued by
CTG
sea
Gulf of Aden
position
13.269, 47.138
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF ADEN.
ARABIAN SEA.
ORDNANCE.
1. BOMBING EXERCISES 010001Z TO 302359Z NOV IN AREAS:
   A. BOUND BY
      13-19N 047-01E, 13-23N 047-11E,
      13-14N 047-16E, 13-09N 047-05E.
   B. BETWEEN
      12-51N 13-01N AND 045-55E 046-05E.
   C. BETWEEN
      11-00N 11-10N AND 044-47E 045-00E.
   D. BETWEEN
      22-55N 23-00N AND 065-00E 065-05E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 010059Z DEC.

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.
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 · ordnance operations

19 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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05
10

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

0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 13:45Z; 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.