Hazardous operations are scheduled in the Arabian Sea off India from 17 to 26 September within a defined area.
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2639/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-14 15:15Z
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 2026-09-12 15:14Z. First collected 2026-09-14 20:17Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-26 20:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Arabian 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.
- issued
- 2026-09-12 15:14Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-09-26 08:30Z
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 15.577, 72.751
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-14 20:17Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. INDIA. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 170230 THRU 260730Z SEP IN AREA BOUND BY 15-53.00N 072-20.00E, 16-02.00N 072-50.00E, 15-15.00N 073-10.00E, 15-08.00N 072-40.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 260830Z SEP 26.
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.
- 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
686 within 180 nm since 1999 · 12 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 091230Z to 091530Z sep in area bound by 14-35.00N 073-10.50E, 14-31.00N 073-05.03E,…2026-09-08
- Hazardous operations in progress until 070800Z sep in areas bound by: a. 14-36.07N 073-32.58E, 13-53.09N…2026-08-28
- Hazardous operations in progress until 070800Z sep in area bound by 18-09.47N 070-45.41E, 17-06.18N…2026-08-28
- Hazardous operations 240600Z to 300800Z aug in area bound by 17-59.14N 070-03.54E, 18-09.47N 070-45.41E,…2026-08-24
- Hazardous operations 240600Z to 300800Z aug in areas bound by: a. 14-36.07N 073-32.58E, 13-53.09N…2026-08-24
- Hazardous operations 250030Z to 261630Z aug in area bound by 15-10.00N 073-26.00E, 15-15.00N 073-55.00E,…2026-08-21
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
17 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 02:05Z; 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.