Missiles · military

Missile operations are active in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia, daily from 2000Z to 1200Z from 10 to 15 August.

Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 2304/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-21 15:40Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-08-11 09:35Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-23 13:02Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Sea of Okhotsk →

Activity windows · 6 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2026-08-10 20:00Z	2026-08-11 12:00Z	—	16 h
2026-08-11 20:00Z	2026-08-12 12:00Z	—	16 h
2026-08-12 20:00Z	2026-08-13 12:00Z	—	16 h
2026-08-13 20:00Z	2026-08-14 12:00Z	—	16 h
2026-08-14 20:00Z	2026-08-15 12:00Z	—	16 h
2026-08-15 20:00Z	2026-08-16 12:00Z	—	16 h

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

issued: 2026-08-11 09:35Z
status: Cancelled notice
self-cancels: 2026-08-16 13:00Z
sea: Sea of Okhotsk
position: 46.703, 144.757
nearest port: Korsakov · 82 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

SEA OF OKHOTSK.
RUSSIA.
1. MISSILE OPERATIONS 2000Z TO 1200Z
   DAILY 10 THRU 15 AUG IN AREA BOUND BY
   46-54.80N 144-08.60E, 47-35.30N 144-56.30E,
   47-11.40N 145-32.50E, 46-38.00N 146-09.00E,
   46-16.70N 144-53.70E, 46-00.70N 144-04.80E,
   45-59.50N 143-29.00E, 45-59.50N 143-25.50E,
   46-23.20N 143-37.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 161300Z AUG 26.

Reading this warning

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.

All warning terms →

Type

Military firing / hazardous-operations area — no matching space launch.

Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

26 within 180 nm since 2012 · 1 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.

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

Survey operations 15 jul thru 15 oct by M/V nikolay trubyatchinskiy along trackline joining 46-48.60N…Surveys · 86.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 17:48Z; 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.