Exercises

Hazardous operations 0500Z to 1200Z daily: a. 04 feb in area bound by 17-05.00N 056-59.50E, 17-18.00N…

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 402/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-02-05 13:00Z

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 45/21 011502Z FEB 21.. Issued 2021-02-01 15:28Z. 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: Arabian 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 Arabian Sea →

issued: 2021-02-01 15:28Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2021-02-05 13:00Z
authority: NAVAREA IX 45/21 011502Z FEB 21.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 16.975, 57.406
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
OMAN.
DNC 10.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0500Z TO 1200Z DAILY:
   A. 04 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY
      17-05.00N 056-59.50E, 17-18.00N 057-58.50E,
      16-52.00N 057-41.00E, 16-42.00N 057-13.00E.
   B. 05 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY
      19-35.00N 059-15.00E, 20-01.00N 059-32.00E,
      19-48.00N 060-00.00E, 19-21.00N 059-45.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 051300Z FEB 21.

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

10 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.

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

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 09:45Z; 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.