Missiles

Missile operations 2200Z to 0800Z commencing daily 09 thru 11 jul in areas bound by: a. 58-03-48N…

Bering Sea · HYDROPAC 2323/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-07-12 09:00Z

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 59/17 040902Z JUL 17.. Issued 2017-07-04 09:27Z. 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
Bering 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Bering Sea →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2017-07-09 22:00Z2017-07-10 08:00Z—10 h
2017-07-10 22:00Z2017-07-11 08:00Z—10 h
2017-07-11 22:00Z2017-07-12 08:00Z—10 h

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

issued
2017-07-04 09:27Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2017-07-12 09:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIII 59/17 040902Z JUL 17.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Bering Sea
position
56.800, 163.840
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SEA OF OKHOTSK.
BERING SEA.
KAMCHATKA.
DNC 24.
1. MISSILE OPERATIONS 2200Z TO 0800Z COMMENCING
   DAILY 09 THRU 11 JUL IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 58-03-48N 158-17-36E, 58-37-42N 156-34-30E,
      58-47-24N 155-57-06E, 58-57-12N 156-06-18E,
      58-47-18N 156-44-06E, 58-21-06N 158-54-30E.
   B. 56-21-00N 163-19-48E, 57-29-54N 163-06-12E,
      56-40-36N 167-02-24E, 55-26-12N 165-55-42E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 120900Z JUL 17.

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.
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 →

Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

3 within 180 nm since 2015 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

15
17

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 15:14Z; 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.