India DNC 03
Andaman or Burma Sea · HYDROPAC 4046/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-11-15 10:41Z
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 VIII 752/18 091051Z NOV 18.. Issued 2018-11-09 13:42Z. 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
- Andaman or Burma 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
- India DNC 03later cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Andaman or Burma Sea →
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-14 11:00Z | 2018-11-14 15:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2018-11-15 11:00Z | 2018-11-15 15:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2018-11-16 11:00Z | 2018-11-16 15:00Z | — | 4 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2018-11-09 13:42Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-11-16 16:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 752/18 091051Z NOV 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Andaman or Burma Sea
- position
- 8.292, 95.292
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL.
ANDAMAN SEA.
INDIA
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
1100Z TO 1500Z DAILY 14 THRU 16 NOV IN AREAS:
A. WITHIN TEN MILES OF 13-43.2N 080-13.8E.
B. BOUND BY
12-30N 082-40E, 13-15N 082-50E,
12-45N 084-10E, 12-00N 084-00E.
C. BOUND BY
08-10N 094-20E, 09-00N 094-40E,
08-25N 096-15E, 07-35N 095-55E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 161600Z NOV 18.
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.
- Rocket launching
- The areas where spent rocket stages, boosters and fairings are expected to fall after a launch, with the launch window.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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
3 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.
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
8 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 11:34Z; 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.