Hazardous operations 170130Z to 170730Z sep in area bound by 15-30N 083-24E, 16-14N 084-00E, 15-34N 084-46E,…
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 2793/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-09-17 08:30Z
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 549/16 141021Z SEP 16 - NAVAREA VIII 553/16 141023Z SEP 16.. Issued 2016-09-14 11:10Z. 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
- Bay of Bengal. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-17 01:30Z | 2016-09-17 07:30Z | — | 6 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2016-09-14 11:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-09-17 08:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 549/16 141021Z SEP 16 - NAVAREA VIII 553/16 141023Z SEP 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 15.631, 84.105
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL. MISSILES. DNC 03. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 170130Z TO 170730Z SEP IN AREA BOUND BY 15-30N 083-24E, 16-14N 084-00E, 15-34N 084-46E, 15-08N 084-24E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2632/16(61), OPERATIONS COMPLETED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 170830Z SEP 16.
Reading this warning
- Missile firing
- Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
25 within 180 nm since 2011 · 0 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, rocket launching 2145Z to 0145Z commencing daily 11 thru 19 apr: a. within ten miles…2018-04-07
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 1200Z to 1600Z daily 31 aug thru 02 sep: a. in area within ten miles…2017-08-26
- Hazardous operations 230130Z to 230730Z, 271500Z to 271829Z and 272300Z to 280430Z apr in area bound by…2016-04-21
- Hazardous operations 100130Z to 100700Z apr in area bound by 15-30N 083-24E, 16-14N 084-00E, 15-34N 084-46E,…2016-04-05
- Hazardous operations 0030Z to 0700Z and 0715Z to 1200Z daily 29 and 30 mar in area bound by 15-30N 082-25E,…2016-03-23
- Hazardous operations 071030Z to 080730Z mar in area bound by 15-30N 083-24E, 16-14N 084-00E, 15-40N 084-42E,…2016-03-02
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
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 09:01Z; 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.