Gunnery exercises in progress until 30 nov in area bound by 07-55.00N 117-25.00E, 08-05.00N 117-25.00E,…
Sulu Sea · HYDROPAC 3778/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-12-01 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 XI 422/23 290746Z NOV 23.. Issued 2023-11-29 07:54Z. 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
- 2023-11-29 07:54Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-12-01 00:01Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 422/23 290746Z 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 IN PROGRESS UNTIL 30 NOV IN AREA BOUND BY 07-55.00N 117-25.00E, 08-05.00N 117-25.00E, 08-05.00N 117-35.00E, 07-55.00N 117-35.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 010001Z DEC 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
10 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 09:30Z; 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.