Underwater ordnance detonations 0500Z to 1500Z daily 17 mar thru 17 apr within ten miles of 11-45N 044-45E
Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 461/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-04-17 16:00Z
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) · CTF 150 131501Z MAR 02. Issued 2002-03-14 15:20Z. 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
- Gulf of Aden. The parsed report position is 11.750, 44.750 with a 10.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Activity windows · 32 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-03-17 05:00Z | 2002-03-17 15:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-03-18 05:00Z | 2002-03-18 15:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-03-19 05:00Z | 2002-03-19 15:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-03-20 05:00Z | 2002-03-20 15:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-03-21 05:00Z | 2002-03-21 15:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-03-22 05:00Z | 2002-03-22 15:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-03-23 05:00Z | 2002-03-23 15:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2002-03-24 05:00Z | 2002-03-24 15:00Z | — | 10 h |
| … 24 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2002-03-14 15:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-04-17 16:00Z
- authority
- CTF 150 131501Z MAR 02
- issued by
- CTF
- sea
- Gulf of Aden
- position
- 11.750, 44.750 · r 10.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER ORDNANCE DETONATIONS 0500Z TO 1500Z DAILY 17 MAR THRU 17 APR WITHIN TEN MILES OF 11-45N 044-45E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 171600Z APR.
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.
- 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 · ordnance operations
21 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 010001Z to 302359Z nov in areas: a. bound by 13-19N 047-01E, 13-23N 047-11E, 13-14N…2010-10-28
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 312359Z oct in areas: a. bound by 13-19N 047-01E, 13-23N 047-11E, 13-14N…2010-09-28
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 302359Z sep in areas: a. bound by 13-19N 047-01E, 13-23N 047-11E, 13-14N…2010-08-29
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 312359Z aug in areas: a. bound by 13-19N 047-01E, 13-23N 047-11E, 13-14N…2010-07-29
- Bombing exercises 110900Z to 112359Z jul, alternate 150900Z to 152359Z jul in area bound by 11-24.9N…2010-07-09
- Bombing exercises 050700Z to 051900Z jul, alternate 090700Z to 091900Z jul in area bound by 11-24.9N…2010-07-04
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 2026-10-02 22:39Z; 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.