Exercises

Hazardous operations 0700Z to 1300Z and 1400Z to 2000Z daily: a. 02, 04, 06 thru 09, 11, 13 thru 15, 18, 20…

Red Sea · HYDROPAC 380/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-02-28 21:00Z

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 IX 52/23 030546Z FEB 23.. Issued 2023-02-03 10:14Z. 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
2023-02-03 10:14Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-02-28 21:00Z
authority
NAVAREA IX 52/23 030546Z FEB 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Red Sea
position
24.025, 35.948
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF SUEZ.
RED SEA.
EGYPT.
DNC 10.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0700Z TO 1300Z
   AND 1400Z TO 2000Z DAILY:
   A. 02, 04, 06 THRU 09, 11, 13 THRU 15, 18,
      20 THRU 22 AND 26 THRU 28 FEB
      IN AREA BOUND BY
      27-53.00N 034-36.00E, 27-53.00N 034-30.30E,
      27-45.00N 034-30.30E, 27-45.00N 034-36.00E.
   B. 03, 05, 06, 08, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19 THRU 22,
      25 AND 27 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY
      27-27.00N 033-58.20E, 27-24.15N 033-55.00E,
      27-18.50N 034-01.10E, 27-21.10N 034-01.40E.
   C. 02, 04 THRU 06, 08, 09, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18,
      20 THRU 22, 25, 27 AND 28 FEB
      IN AREA BOUND BY
      26-50.00N 034-26.00E, 26-50.00N 034-17.00E,
      26-45.00N 034-17.00E, 26-45.00N 034-26.00E.
   D. 02, 03, 05, 06, 08, 11, 15, 18, 20, 22 AND
      26 THRU 28 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY
      22-35.00N 036-55.90E, 22-34.90N 036-43.20E,
      22-30.00N 036-39.00E, 22-20.30N 036-51.20E.
   E. 04 THRU 06, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22,
      25 AND 28 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY
      24-15.00N 036-03.30E, 24-15.00N 035-50.50E,
      23-48.00N 035-50.50E, 23-48.00N 036-03.30E.
   F. 02, 04, 07 THRU 09, 13, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23,
      25 AND 28 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY
      29-34.70N 032-41.20E, 29-34.70N 032-36.50E,
      29-30.00N 032-38.70E, 29-30.00N 032-41.20E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 282100Z FEB 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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

30 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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05
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20
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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M
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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

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 13:12Z; 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.