Hazardous operations
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 3103/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-11-25 19:00Z
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 530/12 301002Z OCT 12.. Issued 2012-11-02 04:46Z. 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
- Hazardous operationscancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
Activity windows · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-07 23:30Z | 2012-11-08 18:00Z | — | 18 h 30 |
| 2012-11-08 23:30Z | 2012-11-09 18:00Z | — | 18 h 30 |
| 2012-11-09 23:30Z | 2012-11-10 18:00Z | — | 18 h 30 |
| 2012-11-10 23:30Z | 2012-11-11 18:00Z | — | 18 h 30 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2012-11-02 04:46Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-11-25 19:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 530/12 301002Z OCT 12.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 19.194, 85.423
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
INDIA-EAST COAST.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2330Z TO 1800Z COMMENCING DAILY
07 THRU 10 AND 21 THRU 24 NOV:
A. IN AREA BOUND BY
19-14.60N 084-53.70E, 19-37.05N 085-27.87E,
18-46.05N 085-22.87E.
B. WITHIN 41 MILES OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN
19-37.05N 085-27.87E AND 18-46.05N 085-22.87E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3019/12.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 251900Z NOV 12.
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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
1262 within 180 nm since 2000 · 25 in the last 12 months · 0 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.
- Hazardous operations in progress until 251829Z sep in area bound by 19-14.60N 084-53.70E, 19-07.39N…2026-09-23
- Hazardous operations 0330Z to 0730Z daily 18 and 19 sep in area bound by 20-35.73N 086-55.12E, 20-48.37N…2026-09-15
- Hazardous operations 061831Z to 121829Z and 131831Z to 191829Z sep in area bound by 19-14.60N 084-53.70E,…2026-09-03
- Hazardous operations 020230Z to 021130Z sep in area bound by 17-46.00N 084-12.00E, 17-14.00N 084-12.00E,…2026-09-01
- Hazardous operations 020630Z to 021030Z sep in area bound by: 17-43.00N 083-35.00E, 17-48.00N 084-06.00E,…2026-09-01
- Hazardous operations 010230Z to 011130Z sep in area bound by 17-23.00N 083-43.00E, 17-23.00N 083-53.00E,…2026-08-30
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
17 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:32Z; 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.