Missiles

Hazardous operations 0530Z to 0730Z daily 16 thru 18 sep within: a. five miles of 08-31.98N 076-52.05E…

Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 3000/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-09-16 12:27Z

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 607/15 111001Z SEP 15 - COAST GUARD NEWS 111214Z SEP 15.. Issued 2015-09-11 12:30Z. 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
Laccadive Sea. The parsed report position is 8.533, 76.868. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.

  1. HYDROPAC 1295/152015-04-17 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 1353/152015-04-23 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 1601/152015-05-15 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROPAC 1917/152015-06-12 · Archived notice
  5. HYDROPAC 2277/152015-07-10 · Archived notice
  6. HYDROPAC 2681/152015-08-14 · Archived notice
Compare all 15 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Laccadive Sea →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2015-09-16 05:30Z2015-09-16 07:30Z—2 h
2015-09-17 05:30Z2015-09-17 07:30Z—2 h
2015-09-18 05:30Z2015-09-18 07:30Z—2 h

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

issued
2015-09-11 12:30Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2015-09-18 08:30Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 607/15 111001Z SEP 15 - COAST GUARD NEWS 111214Z SEP 15.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Laccadive Sea
position
8.533, 76.868
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
INDIA-SOUTHWEST COAST.
ROCKETS.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0530Z TO 0730Z DAILY
   16 THRU 18 SEP WITHIN:
   A. FIVE MILES OF 08-31.98N 076-52.05E
      BETWEEN 190 DEGREES AND 300 DEGREES.
   B. 75 MILES OF 08-31.98N 076-52.05E
      BETWEEN 220 DEGREES AND 260 DEGREES.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2981/15(19), VESSEL ASSISTED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 180830Z SEP 15.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

170 within 180 nm since 2000 · 3 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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M
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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

6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 19:45Z; 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.