Exercises

Hazardous operations 180632Z to 180644Z dec, alternate 0607Z to 0753Z daily 19 dec thru 28 feb 07 in areas…

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2464/06

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2007-02-28 08:53Z

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 562/06 16 DEC 06.. Issued 2006-12-16 15:19Z. 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
North Pacific Ocean. 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 North Pacific Ocean →

Activity windows · 73 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2006-12-18 06:32Z2006-12-18 06:44Z—12 min
2006-12-19 06:07Z2006-12-19 07:53Z—1 h 46
2006-12-20 06:07Z2006-12-20 07:53Z—1 h 46
2006-12-21 06:07Z2006-12-21 07:53Z—1 h 46
2006-12-22 06:07Z2006-12-22 07:53Z—1 h 46
2006-12-23 06:07Z2006-12-23 07:53Z—1 h 46
2006-12-24 06:07Z2006-12-24 07:53Z—1 h 46
2006-12-25 06:07Z2006-12-25 07:53Z—1 h 46
… 65 more

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

issued
2006-12-16 15:19Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2007-02-28 08:53Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 562/06 16 DEC 06.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
23.631, 161.952
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 180632Z TO 180644Z DEC,
   ALTERNATE 0607Z TO 0753Z DAILY 19 DEC THRU
   28 FEB 07 IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 29-34N 135-38E, 29-49N 135-40E,
      29-58N 135-49E, 29-47N 136-58E,
      29-22N 136-54E.
   B. 28-39N 140-14E, 29-38N 140-24E,
      29-02N 144-04E, 28-03N 143-54E.
   C. 24-01N 159-03E, 25-54N 159-44E,
      21-30N 171-39E, 19-36N 170-57E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2410/06.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 280853Z FEB 07.

Reading this warning

Hazardous operations
NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

14 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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05
10
15

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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F
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A
M
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J
A
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D

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 05:49Z; 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.