Exercises

Hazardous operations 0030Z to 0730Z daily 09 thru 16 oct in area bound by 11-40.00N 094-25.00E, 08-00.00N…

Andaman or Burma Sea · HYDROPAC 2885/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-10-16 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 700/21 091631Z OCT 21.. Issued 2021-10-09 17:05Z. 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
Andaman or Burma 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 Andaman or Burma Sea →

Activity windows · 8 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2021-10-09 00:30Z2021-10-09 07:30Z—7 h
2021-10-10 00:30Z2021-10-10 07:30Z—7 h
2021-10-11 00:30Z2021-10-11 07:30Z—7 h
2021-10-12 00:30Z2021-10-12 07:30Z—7 h
2021-10-13 00:30Z2021-10-13 07:30Z—7 h
2021-10-14 00:30Z2021-10-14 07:30Z—7 h
2021-10-15 00:30Z2021-10-15 07:30Z—7 h
2021-10-16 00:30Z2021-10-16 07:30Z—7 h

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

issued
2021-10-09 17:05Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2021-10-16 08:30Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 700/21 091631Z OCT 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Andaman or Burma Sea
position
9.745, 94.950
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ANDAMAN SEA.
ANDAMAN ISLANDS.
NICOBAR ISLANDS.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0030Z TO 0730Z DAILY
   09 THRU 16 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
   11-40.00N 094-25.00E, 08-00.00N 094-25.00E,
   08-00.00N 095-35.00E, 09-37.97N 095-34.87E,
   10-17.99N 095-15.98E, 10-27.84N 095-14.92E,
   10-44.00N 095-21.98E, 11-40.00N 095-25.68E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 160830Z OCT 21.

Reading this warning

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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

415 within 180 nm since 2002 · 9 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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26

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

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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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 17:22Z; 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.