Exercises

Hazardous operations in Bay of Bengal near India between 02:30 and 11:30 UTC on September 2.

Bay of Bengal · India · HYDROPAC 2500/26

issued
2026-09-01 12:09Z
status
cancelled 2026-09-01 14:40Z (dropped from inforce)
self-cancels
2026-09-02 12:30Z
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
17.524, 84.979
source
nga_inforce · first seen 2026-09-01 15:47Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
INDIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 020230Z TO 021130Z
   SEP IN AREA BOUND BY
   17-46.00N 084-12.00E, 17-14.00N 084-12.00E,
   17-12.10N 085-42.27E, 17-53.49N 085-41.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021230Z SEP 26.

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2026-09-02 02:30Z2026-09-02 11:30Z9 h

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

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