Exercises

Hazardous operations

Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka · HYDROPAC 3933/16

issued
2016-12-19 22:21Z
status
cancelled 2016-12-23 11:30Z (archive)
self-cancels
2016-12-23 11:30Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 778/16 191001Z DEC 16.
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
7.267, 82.033 · r 5.0 nm
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
SRI LANKA.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
DNC013.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 230330Z TO 231030Z DEC
   WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 07-16N 082-02E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 231130Z DEC 16.

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2016-12-23 03:30Z2016-12-23 10:30Z7 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

This area · military exercises

33 within 180 nm since 2016 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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month of issue, all years in the archive

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

35 military exercises in force · see all

Exercises

Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises

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