Hazardous operations 0830Z to 1730Z daily 17 thru 22 feb in area bound by 17-27N 066-38E, 17-43N 067-58E,…
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 277/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-02-22 18:30Z
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) · NAVAREA VIII 103/03 141003Z FEB 03; NAVAREA VIII 104/03 141004Z FEB 03. Issued 2003-02-14 13:25Z. 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
- 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- M/V tci vijaj disabled and adrift due to engine casualty vicinity 11-32N 090-42Ecancelled by this notice
- Loran-c station dhrangadhara, rate 6042-MASTER, off aircancelled by this notice
Activity windows · 6 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-02-17 08:30Z | 2003-02-17 17:30Z | — | 9 h |
| 2003-02-18 08:30Z | 2003-02-18 17:30Z | — | 9 h |
| 2003-02-19 08:30Z | 2003-02-19 17:30Z | — | 9 h |
| 2003-02-20 08:30Z | 2003-02-20 17:30Z | — | 9 h |
| 2003-02-21 08:30Z | 2003-02-21 17:30Z | — | 9 h |
| 2003-02-22 08:30Z | 2003-02-22 17:30Z | — | 9 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2003-02-14 13:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2003-02-22 18:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 103/03 141003Z FEB 03; NAVAREA VIII 104/03 141004Z FEB 03
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 17.239, 67.782
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0830Z TO 1730Z DAILY 17 THRU 22 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY 17-27N 066-38E, 17-43N 067-58E, 17-15N 068-50E, 16-38N 067-50E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 140/03 AND 194/03(62,63). 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 221830Z FEB.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
79 within 180 nm since 1999 · 5 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.
- Hazardous operations 290930Z to 300330Z sep in area bound by 16-44.00N 070-41.00E, 16-54.00N 070-41.00E,…2026-09-28
- Hazardous operations in progress until 070800Z sep in area bound by 18-09.47N 070-45.41E, 17-06.18N…2026-08-28
- Hazardous operations 240600Z to 300800Z aug in area bound by 17-59.14N 070-03.54E, 18-09.47N 070-45.41E,…2026-08-24
- Hazardous operations 200230Z to 240230Z aug in area bound by 18-09.47N 070-45.41E, 17-06.18N 071-05.04E,…2026-08-19
- Hazardous operations in progress until 200230Z aug in area bound by 18-09.47N 070-45.41E, 17-06.18N…2026-08-15
- Hazardous operations 120030Z to 161830Z apr in area bound by 19-09.82N 066-13.59E, 19-46.66N 066-30.89E,…2024-04-10
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
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 07:15Z; 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.