Rockets
Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 345/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-02-07 01:02Z
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) · USN PACOM 061323Z FEB 16.. Issued 2016-02-06 17:09Z. 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
- Eastern China Sea. 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 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 294/162016-02-02 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 338/162016-02-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 345/16 · this notice2016-02-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 348/162016-02-07 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 353/162016-02-07 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →
Activity windows · 8 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-06 22:30Z | 2016-02-07 03:30Z | — | 5 h |
| 2016-02-07 22:30Z | 2016-02-08 03:30Z | — | 5 h |
| 2016-02-08 22:30Z | 2016-02-09 03:30Z | — | 5 h |
| 2016-02-09 22:30Z | 2016-02-10 03:30Z | — | 5 h |
| 2016-02-10 22:30Z | 2016-02-11 03:30Z | — | 5 h |
| 2016-02-11 22:30Z | 2016-02-12 03:30Z | — | 5 h |
| 2016-02-12 22:30Z | 2016-02-13 03:30Z | — | 5 h |
| 2016-02-13 22:30Z | 2016-02-14 03:30Z | — | 5 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2016-02-06 17:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-02-14 04:30Z
- authority
- USN PACOM 061323Z FEB 16.
- issued by
- USN PACOM
- sea
- Eastern China Sea
- position
- 32.817, 124.663
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
YELLOW SEA.
EAST CHINA SEA.
PHILIPPINE SEA.
ROCKETS.
DNC 23.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2230Z TO 0330Z COMMENCING
DAILY 06 THRU 13 FEB IN AREAS:
A. BETWEEN 35-19N 36-04N AND 124-30E 124-54E.
B. BOUND BY
33-16N 124-11E, 32-22N 124-11E,
32-21N 125-08E, 33-16N 125-09E.
C. BOUND BY
19-44N 123-53E, 17-01N 123-52E,
17-00N 124-48E, 19-43N 124-51E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 338/16.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 140430Z FEB 16.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
7 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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.
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 050402Z to 050615Z jun in area bound by 33-14-08N 123-37-44E,…2019-06-04
- Rockets2016-02-07
- Rockets2016-02-06
- Rockets2016-02-02
- Hazardous operations 2200Z to 0300Z commencing daily until 28 dec in areas bound by: a. 35-44-06N…2012-12-10
- Hazardous operations 2200Z to 0300Z commencing daily 09 thru 21 dec in areas bound by: a. 35-44-06N…2012-12-03
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
- Large buoy reported to exist in 31-00N 124-00EWrecks · 114.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:57Z; 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.