Missiles

Hazardous operations 0330Z to 0730Z daily 16 thru 18 and 20 thru 22 oct in area bound by 21-16.07N…

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 3051/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-10-14 12:36Z

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 545/14 131001Z OCT 14.. Issued 2014-10-13 17:10Z. 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

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 3051/14 · this notice2014-10-13 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 3060/142014-10-14 · Archived notice
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Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2014-10-16 03:30Z2014-10-16 07:30Z—4 h
2014-10-17 03:30Z2014-10-17 07:30Z—4 h
2014-10-18 03:30Z2014-10-18 07:30Z—4 h

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

issued
2014-10-13 17:10Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2014-10-22 08:30Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 545/14 131001Z OCT 14.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
19.867, 86.554
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

INDIA-EAST COAST.
ROCKETS.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0330Z TO 0730Z DAILY
   16 THRU 18 AND 20 THRU 22 OCT
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   21-16.07N 086-47.75E, 20-41.85N 087-08.60E,
   20-08.08N 086-40.09E, 18-43.68N 084-33.13E,
   18-11.38N 085-05.15E, 20-13.39N 087-50.44E,
   20-55.94N 088-02.65E, 21-23.21N 087-50.42E,
   21-28.74N 086-59.09E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 220830Z OCT 14.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

48 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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16

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

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.