Exercises

Hazardous operations 0900Z to 1200Z daily 05, 09, 12, 16, 23, 26 and 30 oct and 1230Z to 1430Z daily 09, 16,…

Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 2848/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-10-01 16:15Z

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 2026-10-01 11:18Z. First collected 2026-10-01 19:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-02 02:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Laccadive 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 Laccadive Sea →

issued: 2026-10-01 11:18Z
status: Cancelled notice
self-cancels: 2026-10-30 15:30Z
sea: Laccadive Sea
position: 9.851, 76.212
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-10-01 19:02Z

Original warning text

EASTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
INDIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0900Z TO 1200Z DAILY
   05, 09, 12, 16, 23, 26 AND 30 OCT AND
   1230Z TO 1430Z DAILY 09, 16, 23 AND 30 OCT
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   09-57.60N 076-14.50E, 09-47.40N 076-16.60E,
   09-46.80N 076-11.60E, 09-50.00N 076-07.60E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301530Z OCT 26.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

1002 within 180 nm since 2000 · 15 in the last 12 months · 1 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 0230Z to 0800Z daily 28 thru 30 sep in area bound by 10-50.00N 075-00.00E, 10-50.00N…Exercises · 70 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:23Z; 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.