Missile and gunnery exercises 2100Z to 1000Z daily 28 feb thru 30 mar in areas bound by: a. 43-10N 146-36E,…
Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 479/22
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 16/22 240918Z FEB 22.. Issued 2022-02-24 10:14Z. 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 298/222022-02-03 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 478/222022-02-24 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 479/22 · this notice2022-02-24 · Archived 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 10:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-03-31 11:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIII 16/22 240918Z FEB 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sea of Okhotsk
- position
- 47.142, 148.282
- 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. 43-10N 146-36E, 42-58N 148-18E,
42-29N 148-13E, 42-45N 146-30E.
B. 42-58N 148-18E, 43-36N 149-43E,
43-29N 150-28E, 42-29N 148-13E,
C. 47-31N 147-49E, 47-18N 148-55E.
47-00N 148-32E, 47-17N 147-10E,
D. 43-36N 149-43E, 44-55N 150-30E.
44-52N 151-04E, 43-29N 150-28E.
E. 45-40N 150-18E, 45-42N 150-47E,
44-52N 151-04E, 44-55N 150-30E.
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
26 within 180 nm since 2012 · 1 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 operations 2000Z to 1200Z daily 10 thru 15 aug in area bound by 46-54.80N 144-08.60E, 47-35.30N…2026-08-11
- Missile and gunnery 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in areas bound by: a. 50-00.00N 155-15.00E,…2023-05-31
- Missile and gunnery 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in areas bound by: a. 44-50.00N 149-20.00E,…2023-05-31
- Gunnery and missile operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 17 thru 30 aug: a. in 45-18.00N 148-40.00E2022-08-15
- Gunnery and missile operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 17 thru 30 aug in areas bound by: a. 47-20.00N…2022-08-15
- Missile and gunnery operations 2300Z to 0800Z daily 16 thru 30 aug in area bound by 47-56.60N 153-30.40E,…2022-08-11
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 2026-10-02 12:17Z; 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.