Missiles

Missile and gunnery operations are scheduled in the Arabian Sea off Pakistan from 23 September 1900Z to 25 September 1300Z within a bounded area.

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2755/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-09-23 14:45Z

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 2026-09-23 08:50Z. First collected 2026-09-23 15:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-24 12:17Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Arabian Sea →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2026-09-23 19:00Z	2026-09-25 13:00Z	—	42 h

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

issued: 2026-09-23 08:50Z
status: Cancelled notice
self-cancels: 2026-09-25 14:00Z
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 24.525, 64.650
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-23 15:02Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
PAKISTAN.
1. MISSILE AND GUNNERY OPERATIONS
   231900Z TO 251300Z SEP IN AREA BOUND BY
   25-28.00N 063-18.00E, 25-28.00N 066-00.00E,
   23-35.00N 066-00.00E, 23-35.00N 063-18.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 251400Z SEP 26.

Reading this warning

Missile firing: Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
Gunnery and live firing: Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

40 within 180 nm since 2010 · 1 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.

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

Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1200Z daily 25 and 26 sep in area bound by 25-12.00N 064-27.83E, 25-12.00N…Exercises · 36.4 nm
Ormara lighthouse 25-11.10N 064-41.10E unlitNav aids · 39.7 nm
Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1300Z daily 26 aug, 02, 09, 16, 23 and 30 sep in area bound by 24-50.26N…Exercises · 105.5 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 12:21Z; source collection times vary.

Missiles

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

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.