Missiles

Hazardous operations 0300Z to 0700Z daily 08 and 09 nov in area bound by 20-47.58N 087-01.83E, 19-26.75N…

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 3420/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-11-08 11:55Z

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 596/13 301002Z OCT 13.. Issued 2013-11-03 08:54Z. 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

These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.

  1. HYDROPAC 3420/13 · this notice2013-11-03 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 3475/132013-11-08 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 3507/132013-11-12 · Archived notice
Compare all 3 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →

issued
2013-11-03 08:54Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2013-11-09 08:00Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 596/13 301002Z OCT 13.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
17.517, 88.302
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

INDIA-NORTHEAST COAST.
BAY OF BENGAL.
ROCKETS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0300Z TO 0700Z DAILY
   08 AND 09 NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
   20-47.58N 087-01.83E, 19-26.75N 086-43.11E,
   14-33.82N 088-26.17E, 14-47.90N 089-18.50E,
   15-08.71N 090-08.47E, 19-58.44N 088-15.73E,
   20-49.15N 087-06.39E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 090800Z NOV 13.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

27 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

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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 07:48Z; 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.