Exercises

Hazardous operations

Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 3493/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-10-28 10:30Z

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 692/15 231003Z OCT 15 - MRCC VIETNAM 231121Z OCT 15 - AUSCOAST 279/15 CX 231148Z OCT 15.. Issued 2015-10-23 13:19Z. 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
Laccadive 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

Current notices and reporting history in the Laccadive Sea →

issued
2015-10-23 13:19Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2015-10-28 10:30Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 692/15 231003Z OCT 15 - MRCC VIETNAM 231121Z OCT 15 - AUSCOAST 279/15 CX 231148Z OCT 15.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Laccadive Sea
position
9.523, 75.417
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
INDIA-WEST COAST.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0530Z TO 0930Z DAILY
   27 AND 28 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
   09-18.25N 075-19.00E, 09-25.25N 075-38.00E,
   09-44.50N 075-31.00E, 09-37.50N 075-12.00E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3444/15(93), VESSEL ASSISTED.
3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3461/15(75), AID RESTORED.
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 281030Z OCT 15.

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.
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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

1017 within 180 nm since 2000 · 17 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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 11:44Z; source collection times vary.

Exercises

Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →

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.