Exercises

Gunnery

Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea · Luzon Strait · Taiwan-south Coast · HYDROPAC 3153/16

issued
2016-10-15 12:30Z
status
cancelled 2016-10-20 10:00Z (archive)
self-cancels
2016-10-20 10:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 600/16 151135Z OCT 16.
sea
Philippine Sea
position
21.797, 121.047 · r 12.5 nm
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
PHILIPPINE SEA.
LUZON STRAIT.
TAIWAN-SOUTH COAST.
GUNNERY.
DNC 23.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 200001Z TO 200400Z AND
   200500Z TO 200900Z OCT:
   A. IN AREA BETWEEN
      21-00-00N 22-35-00N AND 120-50-00E 121-15-00E.
   B. WITHIN 12.5 MILES OF 21-47-50N 121-02-50E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 201000Z OCT 16.

Activity windows · 2 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2016-10-20 00:01Z2016-10-20 04:00Z3 h 59
2016-10-20 05:00Z2016-10-20 09:00Z4 h

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

This area · military exercises

765 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

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.