Missile operations 221830Z to 241830Z oct in areas within: a. five miles of 17-39.24N 083-37.81E
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 3447/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-10-21 12:29Z
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 765/19 191051Z OCT 19.. Issued 2019-10-19 11:20Z. 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 parsed report position is 12.375, 87.983. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 3439/19, 3447/19 and this msglater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 3447/19 · this notice2019-10-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3646/192019-11-04 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3655/192019-11-05 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-22 18:30Z | 2019-10-24 18:30Z | — | 48 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2019-10-19 11:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-10-24 19:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 765/19 191051Z OCT 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 12.375, 87.983
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL. INDIA. NICOBAR ISLANDS. DNC 03. 1. MISSILE OPERATIONS 221830Z TO 241830Z OCT IN AREAS WITHIN: A. FIVE MILES OF 17-39.24N 083-37.81E. B. TEN MILES OF 07-05.77N 092-20.15E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 241930Z OCT 19.
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.
- 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
17 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 032100Z to 040100Z sep a. in areas bound by: a. 12-00.00N 084-45.00E,…2026-09-01
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 171130Z to 171530Z feb in areas bound by: a. 12-20.00N 086-20.00E,…2024-02-14
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 290345Z to 290745Z may in area within ten miles of 13-43.20N 080-13.80E2023-05-27
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 112200Z to 120230Z aug in areas: a. within ten miles of 13-43.2N…2021-08-09
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0945Z to 1345Z daily 05, 06 and 07 mar in areas: a. within ten miles…2020-02-29
- Missile operations 080001Z to 092359Z nov in areas within: a. five miles of 17-39.24N 083-37.81E2019-11-04
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 08:20Z; 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.