Missiles

Missile and gunnery exercises 140000Z to 202359Z oct in area bound by 43-44.23N 145-33.48E, 43-45.55N…

Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 3686/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-10-21 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) · VLADIVOSTOK 240/18 101009Z OCT 18.. Issued 2018-10-10 10:40Z. 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
2018-10-14 00:00Z2018-10-20 23:59Z—167 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
2018-10-10 10:40Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2018-10-21 01:00Z
authority
VLADIVOSTOK 240/18 101009Z OCT 18.
issued by
VLADIVOSTOK
sea
Sea of Okhotsk
position
43.750, 145.630
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SEA OF OKHOTSK.
KURIL ISLANDS.
DNC 24.
1. MISSILE AND GUNNERY EXERCISES
   140000Z TO 202359Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
   43-44.23N 145-33.48E, 43-45.55N 145-34.11E,
   43-46.06N 145-41.45E, 43-44.29N 145-41.47E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 210100Z 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.
Gunnery and live firing
Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

11 within 180 nm since 2016 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

7 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 14:21Z; 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.