Gunnery exercises 112200Z to 120800Z dec in area bound by 17-00N 131-41E, 14-30N 130-39E, 14-37N 130-20E,…
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 2416/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-12-12 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 XI 745/08 07 DEC 08.. Issued 2008-12-07 10:44Z. 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
- Philippine 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 Philippine Sea →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-12-11 22:00Z | 2008-12-12 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
- 2008-12-07 10:44Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2008-12-12 09:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 745/08 07 DEC 08.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 15.816, 131.010
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 112200Z TO 120800Z DEC IN AREA BOUND BY 17-00N 131-41E, 14-30N 130-39E, 14-37N 130-20E, 17-08N 131-22E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 120900Z DEC.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
7 within 180 nm since 2006 · 0 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.
- Hazardous operations: a. 250540Z to 250940Z aug, alternate 260540Z to 260940Z aug in area bound by 34-25-46N…2009-08-21
- Hazardous operations: a. 190540Z to 190940Z aug, alternate 0540Z to 0940Z daily 20 thru 26 aug in area bound…2009-08-16
- Hazardous operations 11 aug: a. 0540Z to 0940Z in area bound by 34-25-46N 127-31-13E, 34-16-47N 127-26-11E,…2009-08-07
- Hazardous operations 222104Z to 222229Z sep, alternate 2104Z to 2229Z daily 23 thru 29 sep in areas bound…2006-09-18
- Hazardous operations 212104Z to 212229Z feb, alternate 2104Z to 2229Z daily 22 thru 27 feb, in areas bound…2006-02-21
- Hazardous operations 202104Z to 202229Z feb, alternate 2104Z to 2229Z daily 21 thru 27 feb, in areas bound…2006-02-19
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:55Z; source collection times vary.
Exercises
Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →
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.