Missiles

Hazardous operations 2330Z to 0100Z commencing daily 11 thru 15 nov within 216 miles of 31-55N 153-45E

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3475/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-11-12 11:53Z

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 XI 830/13 081023Z NOV 13 - NAVAREA VIII 614/13 081001Z NOV 13 - NAVAREA XI 831/13 081137Z NOV 13.. Issued 2013-11-08 11:55Z. 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
North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 31.917, 153.750 with a 216.0 nm radius. 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

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 3420/132013-11-03 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 3475/13 · this notice2013-11-08 · 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 North Pacific Ocean →

Activity windows · 5 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2013-11-11 23:30Z2013-11-12 01:00Z—1 h 30
2013-11-12 23:30Z2013-11-13 01:00Z—1 h 30
2013-11-13 23:30Z2013-11-14 01:00Z—1 h 30
2013-11-14 23:30Z2013-11-15 01:00Z—1 h 30
2013-11-15 23:30Z2013-11-16 01:00Z—1 h 30

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2013-11-08 11:55Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2013-11-16 02:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 830/13 081023Z NOV 13 - NAVAREA VIII 614/13 081001Z NOV 13 - NAVAREA XI 831/13 081137Z NOV 13.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
31.917, 153.750 · r 216.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
ROCKETS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2330Z TO 0100Z COMMENCING DAILY
   11 THRU 15 NOV WITHIN 216 MILES OF 31-55N 153-45E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3420/13(63).
3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3453/13(95), EXERCISES SUSPENDED.
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 160200Z 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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

9 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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00
05
10
13

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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F
M
A
M
J
J
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N
D

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 07:16Z; 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.