Exercises

Hazardous operations 0601Z to 1400Z daily 11 thru 13 dec in area bound by 12-00N 163-48E, 12-00N 162-00E,…

HYDROPAC 2296/02

issued: 2002-12-06 12:10Z
status: cancelled 2002-12-11 11:10Z (archive)
self-cancels: 2002-12-13 15:00Z
authority: USAKA KWAJALEIN OP#K6539/W6680 032020Z DEC 02
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 16.221, 170.052
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0601Z TO 1400Z DAILY
   11 THRU 13 DEC IN AREA BOUND BY 12-00N 163-48E,
   12-00N 162-00E, 19-00N 162-00E, 19-00N 167-15E,
   22-00N 167-15E, 22-00N 177-00E, 11-33N 177-00E,
   11-33N 169-31E, 10-18N 169-24E, 10-16N 168-47E,
   08-54N 168-47E, 08-54N 167-46E, 09-00N 167-43E,
   09-11N 167-40E, 09-21N 167-36E, 10-12N 167-15E,
   11-41N 167-15E, 11-55N 165-53E, 11-44N 165-34E,
   11-45N 165-16E, 11-43N 164-13E, 11-42N 163-56E,
   11-56N 163-48E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 131500Z DEC.

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2002-12-11 06:01Z	2002-12-11 14:00Z	—	7 h 59
2002-12-12 06:01Z	2002-12-12 14:00Z	—	7 h 59
2002-12-13 06:01Z	2002-12-13 14:00Z	—	7 h 59

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

This area · military exercises

24 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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Season · when military exercises happen here

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Timeline

Cancel HYDROPAC 2296/02, 2297/02 and this msg, operations completedcancelled by · 2002-12-11

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