Exercises

Hazardous operations

Red Sea · HYDROPAC 3722/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-12-18 00:01Z

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 344/14 120805Z DEC 14.. Issued 2014-12-12 09:08Z. 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: Red 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 Red Sea →

issued: 2014-12-12 09:08Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA IX 344/14 120805Z DEC 14.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Red Sea
position: 16.920, 42.254
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

RED SEA.
SAUDI ARABIA.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
DNC 10.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 16 AND 17 DEC IN
   AREA BOUND BY
   16-56.67N 042-18.13E, 16-54.50N 042-18.45E,
   16-51.70N 042-13.42E, 16-58.17N 042-12.67E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 18 DEC 14.

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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

9 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.

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

Derelict M/V isa star aground in 18-26.00N 041-06.00EDerelicts · 112.3 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 02:36Z; 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.