Missile operations 121400Z to 181400Z sep in area bound by 45-00N 146-50E, 47-00N 143-16E, 48-00N 142-39E,…
Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 3275/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-09-18 15:00Z
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 XIII 83/18 070904Z SEP 18.. Issued 2018-09-07 09:36Z. 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
- Sea of Okhotsk. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Sea of Okhotsk →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-12 14:00Z | 2018-09-18 14:00Z | — | 144 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2018-09-07 09:36Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-09-18 15:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIII 83/18 070904Z SEP 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sea of Okhotsk
- position
- 47.581, 146.845
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SEA OF OKHOTSK. KURIL ISLANDS. SAKHALIN. DNC 24. 1. MISSILE OPERATIONS 121400Z TO 181400Z SEP IN AREA BOUND BY 45-00N 146-50E, 47-00N 143-16E, 48-00N 142-39E, 49-00N 145-00E, 50-00N 148-00E, 49-00N 150-00E, 47-00N 150-00E, 46-00N 149-15E, 45-38N 148-00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 181500Z SEP 18.
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.
- Missile firing
- Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
20 within 180 nm since 2012 · 1 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.
- Missile operations 2000Z to 1200Z daily 10 thru 15 aug in area bound by 46-54.80N 144-08.60E, 47-35.30N…2026-08-11
- Missile and gunnery 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in areas bound by: a. 50-00.00N 155-15.00E,…2023-05-31
- Missile and gunnery operations 2300Z to 0800Z daily 16 thru 30 aug in area bound by 47-56.60N 153-30.40E,…2022-08-11
- Missile operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 31 may thru 14 jun in areas bound by a. 45-20.00N 150-10.00E,…2022-05-27
- Missile and gunnery operations 2100Z to 1000Z daily 28 feb thru 30 mar in area bound by 45-47N 148-43E,…2022-02-25
- Missile and gunnery exercises 2100Z to 1000Z daily 28 feb thru 30 mar in areas bound by: a. 43-10N 146-36E,…2022-02-24
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
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 09:10Z; 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.