Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1500Z daily until 29 feb in area bound by 25-39.0N 036-01.0E, 25-50.0N…
Red Sea · HYDROPAC 354/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-02-29 16:00Z
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 IX 50/08 160925Z FEB 08.. Issued 2008-02-25 15:39Z. 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
- Red 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.
- issued
- 2008-02-25 15:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2008-02-29 16:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 50/08 160925Z FEB 08.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Red Sea
- position
- 24.962, 36.741
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0300Z TO 1500Z DAILY UNTIL 29 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY 25-39.0N 036-01.0E, 25-50.0N 036-31.0E, 24-18.5N 037-31.0E, 24-10.0N 036-50.0E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 291600Z FEB.
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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
31 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 0700Z to 1300Z and 1400Z to 2000Z daily: a. 02, 04, 06 thru 09, 11, 13 thru 15, 18, 20…2023-02-03
- Hazardous operations 070100Z to 081600Z jun in area bound by 22-25N 037-27E, 22-01N 037-27E, 22-01N 037-00E,…2020-06-06
- Hazardous operations 10 may in area bound by 24-30.00N 035-46.45E, 23-54.30N 036-07.30E, 23-55.00N…2019-05-09
- Hazardous operations 190001Z to 272359Z sep in area bound by 26-43N 035-12E, 26-54N 035-28E, 27-37N 034-50E,…2018-09-18
- Hazardous operations2014-12-09
- Hazardous operations2014-09-03
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
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 13:43Z; 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.