Missiles

Hazardous operations 191030Z to 201330Z dec in area bound by 14-43N 088-30E, 13-43N 087-55E, 15-05N 086-15E,…

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 4104/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-12-20 14:30Z

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 868/15 161002Z DEC 15.. Issued 2015-12-16 17:09Z. 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: Bay of Bengal. 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 Bay of Bengal →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2015-12-19 10:30Z	2015-12-20 13:30Z	—	27 h

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

issued: 2015-12-16 17:09Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2015-12-20 14:30Z
authority: NAVAREA VIII 868/15 161002Z DEC 15.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Bay of Bengal
position: 15.255, 87.059
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
MISSILES.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 191030Z TO 201330Z DEC
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   14-43N 088-30E, 13-43N 087-55E,
   15-05N 086-15E, 15-45N 085-35E,
   16-40N 086-12E, 16-17N 087-00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 201430Z DEC 15.

Reading this warning

Missile firing: Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

27 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:05Z; 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.