Gunnery exercises 0300Z to 1300Z daily 15 thru 19 feb in area bound by 25-23.00N 063-33.00E, 25-20.00N…
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 492/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-02-19 14:00Z
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) · NAVAREA IX 61/24 111500Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-11 15:41Z. 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
Activity windows · 5 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-15 03:00Z | 2024-02-15 13:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2024-02-16 03:00Z | 2024-02-16 13:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2024-02-17 03:00Z | 2024-02-17 13:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2024-02-18 03:00Z | 2024-02-18 13:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2024-02-19 03:00Z | 2024-02-19 13:00Z | — | 10 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2024-02-11 15:41Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-02-19 14:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 61/24 111500Z FEB 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 24.224, 64.312
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. PAKISTAN. DNC 03, DNC 10. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0300Z TO 1300Z DAILY 15 THRU 19 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY 25-23.00N 063-33.00E, 25-20.00N 065-10.00E, 24-56.00N 066-10.00E, 23-10.00N 066-13.00E, 23-10.00N 062-30.00E, 25-13.00N 062-30.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 191400Z FEB 24.
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.
- 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 · military exercises
542 within 180 nm since 2004 · 11 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.
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1900Z daily 01 and 02, 05 thru 09, 12 thru 16, 19 thru 23 and 26 thru 30 oct…2026-09-29
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1200Z daily 25 and 26 sep in area bound by 25-12.00N 064-27.83E, 25-12.00N…2026-09-18
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1900Z daily 01 thru 04, 07 thru 11, 14 thru 18, 21 thru 25 and 28 thru 30 sep…2026-08-30
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1300Z daily 26 aug, 02, 09, 16, 23 and 30 sep in area bound by 24-50.26N…2026-08-25
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1900Z daily 03 thru 07, 10 thru 14, 17 thru 21, 24 thru 28 and 31 aug in areas…2026-07-21
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1500Z daily 20 and 21 apr in area bound by 25-13.00N 064-18.00E, 25-13.00N…2026-04-16
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
- Ormara lighthouse 25-11.10N 064-41.10E unlitNav aids · 61.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 22:57Z; source collection times vary.
Exercises
Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →
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.