Missiles

Hazardous operations 0200Z to 0730Z daily 09 thru 11 sep in areas bound by: a. 15-14N 168-01E, 14-23N…

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2648/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-09-10 06:55Z

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) · USAKA KWAJALEIN OP 350/13 020447Z SEP 13.. Issued 2013-09-04 06:12Z. 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.

Related notices and cancellation links

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  1. HYDROPAC 2648/13 · this notice2013-09-04 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 2724/132013-09-10 · Archived notice
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Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2013-09-09 02:00Z2013-09-09 07:30Z—5 h 30
2013-09-10 02:00Z2013-09-10 07:30Z—5 h 30
2013-09-11 02:00Z2013-09-11 07:30Z—5 h 30

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

issued
2013-09-04 06:12Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2013-09-11 08:30Z
authority
USAKA KWAJALEIN OP 350/13 020447Z SEP 13.
issued by
RTS SAFETY KWAJALEIN MH
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
13.006, 169.886
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC.
MARSHALL ISLANDS.
MISSILES.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0200Z TO 0730Z DAILY
   09 THRU 11 SEP IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 15-14N 168-01E, 14-23N 170-57E,
      13-48N 171-06E, 11-54N 170-45E,
      10-06N 169-36E, 09-42N 169-00E,
      07-57N 168-54E, 07-58N 167-55E,
      09-40N 167-16E, 10-47N 167-19E,
      11-33N 167-12E, 12-24N 167-08E,
      14-05N 165-28E, 14-27N 164-39E,
      15-09N 164-57E, 14-48N 166-42E,
      19-18N 166-22E, 19-25N 166-53E.
   B. 13-56N 175-19E, 12-22N 174-21E,
      11-41N 172-56E, 10-08N 172-36E,
      09-19N 172-48E, 08-20N 173-52E,
      09-09N 175-17E, 13-24N 176-00E.
   C. 21-59N 169-36E, 16-59N 168-60E,
      17-01N 168-46E, 19-35N 168-28E,
      22-04N 169-02E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 110830Z SEP 13.

Reading this warning

Missile firing
Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

22 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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21

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

8 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 01:36Z; source collection times vary.

Missiles

Missile firings, rocket launches and space debris re-entry areas. All current missile & rocket hazards →

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