Gunnery exercise 2200Z to 1000Z daily 23 thru 26 feb in area bound by 42-56-42N 131-31-36E, 43-04-00N…
Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 568/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-02-27 11:00Z
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) · VLADIVOSTOK 23/21 181052Z FEB 21.. Issued 2021-02-18 12:07Z. 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
- Japan 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.
Activity windows · 4 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-23 22:00Z | 2021-02-24 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-02-24 22:00Z | 2021-02-25 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-02-25 22:00Z | 2021-02-26 10:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2021-02-26 22:00Z | 2021-02-27 10:00Z | — | 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
- 2021-02-18 12:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-02-27 11:00Z
- authority
- VLADIVOSTOK 23/21 181052Z FEB 21.
- issued by
- VLADIVOSTOK
- sea
- Japan Sea
- position
- 42.906, 131.661
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SEA OF JAPAN. RUSSIA. DNC 23. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISE 2200Z TO 1000Z DAILY 23 THRU 26 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY 42-56-42N 131-31-36E, 43-04-00N 131-39-30E, 43-05-00N 131-43-30E, 42-54-00N 131-47-00E, 42-49-00N 131-47-00E, 42-44-00N 131-35-00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 271100Z FEB 21.
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
238 within 180 nm since 1999 · 3 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.
- 2200Z to 1000Z commencing daily 31 jul, 02 to 14, 16 to 21, 23 to 28 and 30 aug2026-07-27
- Gunnery exercises 2200Z to 1000Z daily, 31 jul, 02 thru 14, 16 thru 21, 23 thru 28 and 30 aug, in area bound…2026-07-27
- Gunnery exercises 2200Z to 0800Z daily 11 thru 16, 18 thru 23 and 25 thru 30 jan in area bound by 42-40.00N…2026-01-07
- Gunnery exercises 2200Z to 1000Z daily 11 thru 13, 15 thru 20, 22 thru 29 jun in area bound by 42-40.00N…2025-06-12
- Gunnery exercises 2200Z to 0800Z daily 31 jan thru 27 feb except saturdays in area bound by 42-40.00N…2025-01-29
- Gunnery exercises 2200Z to 0800Z daily 01, 02, 05 thru 07, 12 thru 17, 19 thru 24 and 26 thru 30 may in area…2024-04-27
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 22:34Z; 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.