Exercises

Hazardous operations

Arabian Sea · India-west Coast · HYDROPAC 55/16

issued
2016-01-07 23:34Z
status
cancelled 2016-01-09 19:30Z (archive)
self-cancels
2016-01-09 19:30Z
cancels
HYDROPAC 28/16
authority
NAVAREA VIII 12/16 071001Z JAN 16.
sea
Arabian Sea
position
16.277, 71.312
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
INDIA-WEST COAST.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS:
   A. 080430Z TO 080830Z JAN IN AREA BOUND BY
      13-56.20N 074-13.60E, 14-07.20N 074-13.60E,
      14-07.20N 074-25.07E, 13-55.20N 074-25.07E.
   B. 080830Z TO 081430Z JAN IN AREA BETWEEN
      14-40.00N 14-08.00N AND 073-15.00E 072-42.00E.
   C. 090430Z TO 091830Z JAN IN AREA BOUND BY
      15-40.00N 071-59.00E, 16-21.00N 072-30.00E,
      17-12.00N 070-59.00E, 15-39.00N 069-57.00E,
      15-57.00N 071-32.00E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 28/16.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 091930Z JAN 16.

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2016-01-08 04:30Z2016-01-08 08:30Z—4 h
2016-01-08 08:30Z2016-01-08 14:30Z—6 h
2016-01-09 04:30Z2016-01-09 18:30Z—14 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

This area · military exercises

558 within 180 nm since 1999 · 4 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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Timeline

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

35 military exercises in force · see all

Exercises

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