Ordnance

Underwater ordnance detonations 0001Z to 0800Z daily 02 thru 06 mar in areas bound by: a. 36-06.70N…

Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 361/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-03-06 09:00Z

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) · COMSEVENTHFLT 260211Z FEB 08.. Issued 2008-02-26 09:48Z. 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
Japan 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Japan Sea →

Activity windows · 5 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2008-03-02 00:01Z2008-03-02 08:00Z—7 h 59
2008-03-03 00:01Z2008-03-03 08:00Z—7 h 59
2008-03-04 00:01Z2008-03-04 08:00Z—7 h 59
2008-03-05 00:01Z2008-03-05 08:00Z—7 h 59
2008-03-06 00:01Z2008-03-06 08:00Z—7 h 59

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

issued
2008-02-26 09:48Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2008-03-06 09:00Z
authority
COMSEVENTHFLT 260211Z FEB 08.
issued by
COMSEVENTHFLT
sea
Japan Sea
position
36.101, 129.503
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. UNDERWATER ORDNANCE DETONATIONS 0001Z TO 0800Z
   DAILY 02 THRU 06 MAR IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 36-06.70N 129-29.50E, 36-06.38N 129-31.21E,
      36-05.40N 129-30.88E, 36-05.75N 129-29.20E.
   B. 36-01.15N 129-27.10E, 36-01.55N 129-27.51E,
      36-01.22N 129-27.98E, 36-00.81N 129-27.55E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 060900Z MAR.

Reading this warning

Unexploded ordnance
Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations

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

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05
10
11

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

0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 18:45Z; source collection times vary.

Ordnance

Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →

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.