Exercises

Hazardous operations are scheduled from 17 to 18 September in waters near the Northern Mariana Islands, and the warning cancels on 18 September.

North Pacific · Philippine Sea · Northern Mariana Islands · HYDROPAC 2659/26

issued
2026-09-15 05:48Z
status
cancelled 2026-09-16 15:45Z (dropped from inforce)
self-cancels
2026-09-18 14:00Z
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
15.859, 146.784
source
nga_inforce · first seen 2026-09-16 16:47Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC.
PHILIPPINE SEA.
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 172200Z TO 181300Z SEP
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   17-00.00N 145-04.98E, 17-00.00N 147-00.00E,
   16-09.47N 148-09.77E, 14-45.00N 148-00.00E,
   14-16.00N 146-25.00E, 15-25.00N 146-25.00E,
   15-40.37N 146-12.03E, 15-43.60N 145-27.77E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 181400Z SEP 26.

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2026-09-17 22:00Z2026-09-18 13:00Z15 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

1412 within 180 nm since 2002 · 33 in the last 12 months · 1 in force now

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26 military exercises in force · see all

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.