Missile and gunnery exercises 2100Z to 1000Z daily 28 feb thru 30 mar in areas bound by: a. 45-24N 148-55E,…
Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 477/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-03-15 09:42Z
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 XIII 14/22 240906Z FEB 22.. Issued 2022-02-24 09:16Z. 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
- Sea of Okhotsk. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 477/22, 478/22, 479/22, 493/22, and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Sea of Okhotsk →
Activity windows · 31 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-28 21:00Z | 2022-03-01 10:00Z | — | 13 h |
| 2022-03-01 21:00Z | 2022-03-02 10:00Z | — | 13 h |
| 2022-03-02 21:00Z | 2022-03-03 10:00Z | — | 13 h |
| 2022-03-03 21:00Z | 2022-03-04 10:00Z | — | 13 h |
| 2022-03-04 21:00Z | 2022-03-05 10:00Z | — | 13 h |
| 2022-03-05 21:00Z | 2022-03-06 10:00Z | — | 13 h |
| 2022-03-06 21:00Z | 2022-03-07 10:00Z | — | 13 h |
| 2022-03-07 21:00Z | 2022-03-08 10:00Z | — | 13 h |
| … 23 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2022-02-24 09:16Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-03-31 11:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIII 14/22 240906Z FEB 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sea of Okhotsk
- position
- 50.250, 153.488
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SEA OF OKHOTSK.
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
KURIL ISLANDS.
DNC 24.
1. MISSILE AND GUNNERY EXERCISES 2100Z TO 1000Z
DAILY 28 FEB THRU 30 MAR
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 45-24N 148-55E, 45-29N 149-26E,
45-10N 149-33E, 45-03N 149-01E,
B. 47-02N 145-29E, 45-30N 147-58E,
44-56N 147-16E, 46-08N 144-44E.
C. 46-00N 142-40E, 46-00N 143-15E,
45-20N 143-15E, 45-20N 142-40E,
D. 48-30N 152-10E, 48-00N 153-05E,
46-50N 152-30E, 46-05N 152-30E,
45-40N 151-50E, 46-15N 151-15E,
48-05N 151-35E.
E. 50-00N 154-55E, 49-55N 155-30E,
50-25N 156-15E, 50-10N 156-40E,
48-50N 155-10E, 49-05N 154-50E,
49-35N 155-00E, 49-45N 154-40E,
F. 51-30N 153-50E, 50-40N 155-45E,
49-45N 154-00E, 48-50N 153-20E,
49-50N 151-25E.
G. 48-40N 153-30E, 48-20N 154-05E,
48-06N 153-48E, 48-25N 153-15E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 311100Z MAR 22.
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.
- Missile firing
- Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
11 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.
- Missile and gunnery operations 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in areas bound by: a. 45-05.00N…2023-06-01
- Missile and gunnery operations 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in area bound by 50-55.00N 156-00.00E,…2023-06-01
- Gunnery and missile operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 17 thru 30 aug in areas bound by: a. 48-32.00N…2022-08-15
- Missile and gunnery operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 31 may thru 14 jun in areas bound by a. 49-00.00N…2022-05-28
- Missile and gunnery operations 151400Z to 281400Z feb in areas bound by: a. 48-30N 152-10E, 48-00N 153-05E,…2022-02-14
- Missile operations 042100Z to 102100Z apr in area bound by 47-05.5N 153-53.1E, 47-36.4N 153-07.6E, 48-03.2N…2020-04-02
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 13:53Z; 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.