Bombing exercises 280300Z to 310300Z jan in areas: a. between 05-58.5N 04-11.0N and 084-20.0E 088-49.0E
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 339/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-01-31 04:00Z
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) · USS CARL VINSON 271544Z JAN 11.. Issued 2011-01-28 12:17Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. 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
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-01-28 03:00Z | 2011-01-31 03:00Z | — | 72 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2011-01-28 12:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-01-31 04:00Z
- authority
- USS CARL VINSON 271544Z JAN 11.
- issued by
- USS CARL VINSON
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- 4.200, 80.471
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
BAY OF BENGAL.
SOUTHERN ARABIAN SEA.
ORDNANCE.
1. BOMBING EXERCISES 280300Z TO 310300Z JAN IN AREAS:
A. BETWEEN
05-58.5N 04-11.0N AND 084-20.0E 088-49.0E.
B. BOUND BY
06-06.5N 076-01.5E, 04-18.5N 080-55.5E,
02-37.0N 080-18.0E, 04-24.0N 075-23.5E.
C. BOUND BY
10-12.0N 069-41.0E, 09-41.0N 072-41.0E,
08-24.0N 072-30.0E, 08-56.0N 069-25.0E.
D. BOUND BY
05-00.0N 080-00.0E, 06-00.0N 085-00.0E,
04-00.0N 085-00.0E, 03-00.0N 080-00.0E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 298/11(63,71).
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 310400Z JAN.
Reading this warning
- Unexploded ordnance
- Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations
2 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 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.
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
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 15:40Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →
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.