Gunnery exercises 22 thru 26 nov in area bound by 08-05.00N 117-25.00E, 08-05.00N 117-35.00E, 07-55.00N…
Sulu Sea · HYDROPAC 3639/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-11-27 01:00Z
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 XI 403/23 182354Z NOV 23.. Issued 2023-11-19 00:41Z. 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
- Sulu 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
- 2023-11-19 00:41Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-11-27 01:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 403/23 182354Z NOV 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sulu Sea
- position
- 8.000, 117.500
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SULU SEA. PHILIPPINES. DNC 11. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 22 THRU 26 NOV IN AREA BOUND BY 08-05.00N 117-25.00E, 08-05.00N 117-35.00E, 07-55.00N 117-35.00E, 07-55.00N 117-25.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 270100Z NOV 23.
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.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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
26 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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.
- Gunnery exercises 16 thru 20 jun in area bound by 10-21.24N 118-33.92E, 10-21.16N 118-42.09E, 10-13.11N…2025-06-12
- Gunnery exercises 24 thru 30 nov in area bound by 09-35.40N 118-54.97E, 09-35.40N 119-02.00E, 09-28.48N…2024-11-21
- Gunnery exercises 22 thru 27 nov in area bound by 10-21.24N 118-33.92E, 10-21.16N 118-42.09E, 10-13.11N…2024-11-21
- Gunnery exercises 25 thru 29 nov in area bound by 10-18.17N 118-40.75E, 10-18.15N 118-35.68E, 10-23.17N…2024-11-20
- Gunnery exercises 18 thru 22 nov in area bound by 08-05.00N 117-25.50E, 08-05.00N 117-35.00E, 07-55.00N…2024-11-14
- Gunnery exercises in progress until 20 may in area bound by 09-35.40N 119-02.00E, 09-35.40N 118-54.97E,…2024-05-10
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 03:42Z; 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.