Bombing exercises 072000Z to 081959Z feb in areas bound by: a. 21-12N 062-04E, 20-48N 063-02E, 19-50N…
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 422/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-02-08 20:59Z
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) · CTF 50 041500Z FEB 11 - RCC ALAMEDA 050151Z FEB 11.. Issued 2011-02-05 10:22Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 28-35.2N 129-44.3Wcancelled by this notice
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-02-07 20:00Z | 2011-02-08 19:59Z | — | 23 h 59 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2011-02-05 10:22Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-02-08 20:59Z
- authority
- CTF 50 041500Z FEB 11 - RCC ALAMEDA 050151Z FEB 11.
- issued by
- CTF
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 20.701, 63.098
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHERN ARABIAN SEA.
ORDNANCE.
1. BOMBING EXERCISES 072000Z TO 081959Z FEB
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 21-12N 062-04E, 20-48N 063-02E,
19-50N 062-37E, 20-14N 061-39E.
B. 20-48N 063-02E, 20-22N 064-02E,
19-26N 063-36E, 19-50N 062-37E.
C. 20-50N 063-55E, 21-45N 064-21E,
22-09N 063-21E, 21-14N 062-55E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 420/11(18), SIGNAL CEASED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 082059Z FEB.
Reading this warning
- Unexploded ordnance
- Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations
9 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Bombing exercises: a. in progress until 182359Z feb in area between 15-00N 16-30N and 058-30E 061-00E2011-02-18
- Bombing exercises: a. 160001Z to 182359Z feb in area between 15-00N 16-30N and 058-30E 061-00E2011-02-15
- Bombing exercises in progress until 311959Z oct in area bound by 23-04N 060-53E, 22-40N 061-52E, 21-46N…2010-10-22
- Underwater ordnance detonations 160001Z to 182359Z and 220001Z to 242359Z feb in area bound by 23-50-00N…2009-02-14
- Underwater ordnance detonations 280400Z to 281200Z jan within one mile of 21-00N 060-30E2004-01-26
- Underwater ordnance detonations 240600Z to 241400Z mar within ten miles of 23-30N 062-30E2002-03-22
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
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 06:30Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →
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.