Missile and gunnery operations 151400Z to 281400Z feb in areas bound by: a. 48-30N 152-10E, 48-00N 153-05E,…
Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 390/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-02-19 10:46Z
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 XIII 9/22 140906Z FEB 22.. Issued 2022-02-14 09:40Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 298/22, 390/22, 391/22 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Sea of Okhotsk →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-15 14:00Z | 2022-02-28 14:00Z | — | 312 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2022-02-14 09:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-02-28 15:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIII 9/22 140906Z FEB 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sea of Okhotsk
- position
- 49.351, 153.427
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
SEA OF OKHOTSK.
KURIL ISLANDS.
DNC 24.
1. MISSILE AND GUNNERY OPERATIONS
151400Z TO 281400Z FEB IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 48-30N 152-10E, 48-00N 153-05E,
46-50N 151-35E, 46-05N 152-30E,
45-40N 151-50E, 46-15N 151-15E,
48-05N 151-35E.
B. 50-00N 154-55E, 49-55N 155-30E,
50-25N 156-15E, 50-10N 156-40E,
48-50N 155-10E, 49-05N 154-50E,
49-35N 155-00E, 49-45N 154-40E.
C. 51-30N 153-50E, 50-40N 155-45E,
49-45N 154-00E, 48-50N 153-20E,
49-50N 151-25E.
D. 48-40N 153-30E, 48-20N 154-05E,
48-06N 153-48E, 48-25N 153-15E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 281500Z FEB 22.
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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
11 within 180 nm since 2018 · 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.
- Missile and gunnery operations 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in areas bound by: a. 45-05.00N…2023-06-01
- Missile and gunnery operations 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in area bound by 50-55.00N 156-00.00E,…2023-06-01
- Gunnery and missile operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 17 thru 30 aug in areas bound by: a. 48-32.00N…2022-08-15
- Missile and gunnery operations 2300Z to 0800Z daily 16 thru 30 aug in area bound by 47-56.60N 153-30.40E,…2022-08-11
- Missile and gunnery operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 31 may thru 14 jun in areas bound by a. 49-00.00N…2022-05-28
- Missile and gunnery exercises 2100Z to 1000Z daily 28 feb thru 30 mar in areas bound by: a. 45-24N 148-55E,…2022-02-24
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 2026-10-01 15:32Z; 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.