Gunnery and missile operations 0300Z to 1500Z daily 16 thru 20 feb in area bound by 25-23.00N 063-33.00E,…
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 537/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-02-20 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) · NAVAREA IX 68/24 151647Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-15 22:42Z. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-16 03:00Z | 2024-02-16 15:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2024-02-17 03:00Z | 2024-02-17 15:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2024-02-18 03:00Z | 2024-02-18 15:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2024-02-19 03:00Z | 2024-02-19 15:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2024-02-20 03:00Z | 2024-02-20 15:00Z | — | 12 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2024-02-15 22:42Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-02-20 16:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 68/24 151647Z 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 AND MISSILE OPERATIONS 0300Z TO 1500Z DAILY 16 THRU 20 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 HYDROPAC 492/24. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 201600Z 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.
- Missile firing
- Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
- 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.
- 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
40 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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 and gunnery operations 231900Z to 251300Z sep in area bound by 25-28.00N 063-18.00E, 25-28.00N…2026-09-23
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 0300Z to 0500Z daily 15 thru 17, 0300Z to 0900Z daily 18 and 19 and…2023-11-14
- Missile operations 0500Z to 0900Z daily 17 and 18 oct in area bound by 25-18.74N 065-58.80E, 25-08.94N…2023-10-16
- Gunnery and missile operations 0300Z to 1300Z daily 26 thru 31 oct in area bound by 24-54.00N 066-15.00E,…2022-10-25
- Missile and gunnery operations 0400Z to 1200Z daily 22 thru 27 apr in area bound by 25-13N 062-30E, 25-22N…2020-04-20
- Gunnery and missile operations 0400Z to 1200Z daily 19 thru 24 apr in area bound by 25-13N 062-30E, 25-22N…2020-04-15
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-30 09:07Z; 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.