Exercises

Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0200Z daily 29 sep and 01 oct, 0530Z to 0730Z daily 29, 30 sep and 02 oct, 0200Z…

East China Sea · Taiwan Strait · Gunnery · HYDROPAC 3177/15

issued
2015-09-24 12:53Z
status
cancelled 2015-10-16 08:30Z (archive)
self-cancels
2015-10-16 08:30Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 748/15 241132Z SEP 15.
sea
South China Sea
position
25.333, 120.624
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EAST CHINA SEA.
TAIWAN STRAIT.
GUNNERY.
DNC 23.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0001Z TO 0200Z DAILY
   29 SEP AND 01 OCT, 0530Z TO 0730Z DAILY
   29, 30 SEP AND 02 OCT, 0200Z TO 0400Z DAILY
   30 SEP AND 02 OCT, 2300Z TO 0730Z COMMENCING
   DAILY 11 THRU 15 OCT:
   A. IN AREA BOUND BY
      25-48N 120-48E, 25-48N 121-20E,
      24-52N 120-23E, 24-52N 119-55E.
   B. WITHIN 31 MILES OF 25-20.0N 120-37.5E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 160830Z OCT 15.

Activity windows · 5 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2015-10-11 23:00Z2015-10-12 07:30Z8 h 30
2015-10-12 23:00Z2015-10-13 07:30Z8 h 30
2015-10-13 23:00Z2015-10-14 07:30Z8 h 30
2015-10-14 23:00Z2015-10-15 07:30Z8 h 30
2015-10-15 23:00Z2015-10-16 07:30Z8 h 30

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This area · military exercises

596 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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Nearby now · within 120 nm

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Worldwide now

35 military exercises in force · see all

Exercises

Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises

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