Exercises

Hazardous operations 280001Z to 280630Z aug, alternate 0001Z to 0630Z daily 29 aug thru 03 sep in areas…

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2733/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-08-30 02:35Z

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) · RTS SAFETY KWAJALEIN MH 132148Z AUG 19.. Issued 2019-08-23 07:49Z. 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.

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Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

Activity windows · 7 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2019-08-28 00:01Z2019-08-28 06:30Z—6 h 29
2019-08-29 00:01Z2019-08-29 06:30Z—6 h 29
2019-08-30 00:01Z2019-08-30 06:30Z—6 h 29
2019-08-31 00:01Z2019-08-31 06:30Z—6 h 29
2019-09-01 00:01Z2019-09-01 06:30Z—6 h 29
2019-09-02 00:01Z2019-09-02 06:30Z—6 h 29
2019-09-03 00:01Z2019-09-03 06:30Z—6 h 29

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

issued
2019-08-23 07:49Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2019-09-03 07:30Z
authority
RTS SAFETY KWAJALEIN MH 132148Z AUG 19.
issued by
RTS SAFETY KWAJALEIN MH
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
11.533, 168.065
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC.
DNC 12.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 280001Z TO 280630Z AUG,
   ALTERNATE 0001Z TO 0630Z DAILY 29 AUG THRU 03 SEP
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 19-58N 168-35E, 19-51N 168-27E,
      19-34N 168-21E, 19-32N 168-22E,
      19-15N 168-35E, 19-36N 168-49E,
      19-56N 168-45E, 19-58N 168-38E.
   B. 13-18N 168-37E, 12-54N 167-29E,
      09-13N 166-56E, 08-55N 167-10E,
      08-57N 167-45E, 11-44N 169-15E,
      13-03N 169-09E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 030730Z SEP 19.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

125 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:35Z; 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.