Exercises

Hazardous operations

Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka-northeast Coast · HYDROPAC 2734/16

issued
2016-09-09 11:10Z
status
cancelled 2016-09-15 07:30Z (archive)
self-cancels
2016-09-15 07:30Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 534/16 090953Z SEP 16.
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
9.917, 80.550 · r 5.0 nm
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
SRI LANKA-NORTHEAST COAST.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 140330Z TO 140730Z
   AND 150330Z TO 150630Z SEP
   WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 09-55N 080-33E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 150730Z SEP 16.

Activity windows · 2 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2016-09-14 03:30Z2016-09-14 07:30Z4 h
2016-09-15 03:30Z2016-09-15 06:30Z3 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

64 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

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Exercises

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