Exercises

Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0400Z commencing daily 25 thru 29 sep and 02 thru 13 oct, 0500Z to 0900Z daily 26…

East China Sea · Taiwan Strait · Gunnery · HYDROPAC 2881/16

issued
2016-09-21 11:55Z
status
cancelled 2016-10-14 10:00Z (archive)
self-cancels
2016-10-14 10:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 562/16 211137Z SEP 16.
sea
South China Sea
position
25.344, 120.618
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EAST CHINA SEA.
TAIWAN STRAIT.
GUNNERY.
DNC 23.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 2300Z TO 0400Z COMMENCING DAILY
   25 THRU 29 SEP AND 02 THRU 13 OCT, 0500Z TO 0900Z
   DAILY 26 THRU 30 SEP AND 03 THRU 14 OCT:
   A. IN AREA BOUND BY
      25-48-00N 120-48-00E, 25-48-00N 121-20-00E,
      24-52-00N 120-23-00E, 24-52-00N 119-55-00E.
   B. WITHIN TEN MILES OF 25-21-27N 120-36-00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 141000Z OCT 16.

Activity windows · 10 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2016-09-25 23:00Z2016-09-26 04:00Z5 h
2016-09-26 05:00Z2016-09-26 09:00Z4 h
2016-09-26 23:00Z2016-09-27 04:00Z5 h
2016-09-27 05:00Z2016-09-27 09:00Z4 h
2016-09-27 23:00Z2016-09-28 04:00Z5 h
2016-09-28 05:00Z2016-09-28 09:00Z4 h
2016-09-28 23:00Z2016-09-29 04:00Z5 h
2016-09-29 05:00Z2016-09-29 09:00Z4 h
2 more

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This area · military exercises

595 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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

35 military exercises in force · see all

Exercises

Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises

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