Missiles

Missile operations 042100Z to 192100Z oct: a. in area bound by 47-36N 151-21E, 47-54N 151-06E, 48-06N…

Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 3590/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-10-19 22:00Z

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 XIII 97/18 300910Z SEP 18.. Issued 2018-09-30 10:08Z. 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
Sea of Okhotsk. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Sea of Okhotsk →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2018-10-04 21:00Z2018-10-19 21:00Z—360 h

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

issued
2018-09-30 10:08Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2018-10-19 22:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIII 97/18 300910Z SEP 18.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Sea of Okhotsk
position
57.190, 140.565
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SEA OF OKHOTSK.
RUSSIA.
SAKHALIN.
DNC 24.
1. MISSILE OPERATIONS 042100Z TO 192100Z OCT:
   A. IN AREA BOUND BY
      47-36N 151-21E, 47-54N 151-06E,
      48-06N 151-40E, 47-52N 151-58E.
   B. IN AREA WITHIN 27 MILES OF
      52-46-43N 146-21-06E.
   C. IN AREA WITHIN 28 MILES OF
      57-09-46N 140-33-53E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 192200Z OCT 18.

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.
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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

15 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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15
20
23

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

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:50Z; 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.