Hazardous operations 0550Z to 0710Z daily 23 thru 29 dec in area bound by 18-49.6N 128-29.9E, 19-12.7N…
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 3788/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-12-24 11:47Z
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 963/14 181303Z DEC 14.. Issued 2014-12-18 14:34Z. 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
- Philippine 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →
Activity windows · 7 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-23 05:50Z | 2014-12-23 07:10Z | — | 1 h 20 |
| 2014-12-24 05:50Z | 2014-12-24 07:10Z | — | 1 h 20 |
| 2014-12-25 05:50Z | 2014-12-25 07:10Z | — | 1 h 20 |
| 2014-12-26 05:50Z | 2014-12-26 07:10Z | — | 1 h 20 |
| 2014-12-27 05:50Z | 2014-12-27 07:10Z | — | 1 h 20 |
| 2014-12-28 05:50Z | 2014-12-28 07:10Z | — | 1 h 20 |
| 2014-12-29 05:50Z | 2014-12-29 07:10Z | — | 1 h 20 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2014-12-18 14:34Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2014-12-29 08:10Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 963/14 181303Z DEC 14.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 17.385, 129.721
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. PHILIPPINE SEA. ROCKETS. DNC 23. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0550Z TO 0710Z DAILY 23 THRU 29 DEC IN AREA BOUND BY 18-49.6N 128-29.9E, 19-12.7N 129-21.5E, 15-55.9N 130-56.5E, 15-33.1N 130-05.7E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 290810Z DEC 14.
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.
- 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.
- 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 · missile & rocket hazards
4 within 180 nm since 2014 · 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.
- Hazardous operations, space debris 200023Z to 231023Z mar in areas bound by: a. 18-35.00N 118-12.00E,…2024-03-19
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 200001Z to 200600Z mar in areas bound by: a. 15-21.00N 128-41.00E,…2024-03-16
- Hazardous operations 031100Z to 031340Z nov within: a. 30 miles of 19-24N 118-36E2016-11-03
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
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 23:35Z; 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.