Exercises

Hazardous operations

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 3603/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-12-20 14:00Z

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 367/12 171210Z DEC 12 - NAVAREA XI 853/12 171127Z DEC 12.. Issued 2012-12-17 12:42Z. 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
Arabian 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 Arabian Sea →

issued
2012-12-17 12:42Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2012-12-20 14:00Z
authority
NAVAREA IX 367/12 171210Z DEC 12 - NAVAREA XI 853/12 171127Z DEC 12.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Arabian Sea
position
22.947, 64.917
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
PAKISTAN.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0400Z TO 1300Z DAILY 19 AND 20 DEC
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   24-10N 066-20E, 21-45N 066-30E,
   21-45N 063-25E, 24-10N 063-25E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3558/12(97), OPERATIONS COMPLETED.
3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3566/12.
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 201400Z DEC 12.

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.
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 · military exercises

504 within 180 nm since 2002 · 16 in the last 12 months · 2 listed in force now

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26

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

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 09:43Z; 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.