Missiles

Missile operations 250400Z to 251400Z feb in area bound by 24-25.00N 057-40.00E, 24-10.00N 058-25.00E,…

Gulf of Oman · HYDROPAC 585/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-02-25 15:00Z

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 78/24 201049Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-20 11:28Z. 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
Gulf of Oman. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Oman →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2024-02-25 04:00Z2024-02-25 14:00Z—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
2024-02-20 11:28Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-02-25 15:00Z
authority
NAVAREA IX 78/24 201049Z FEB 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Oman
position
24.103, 58.085
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF OMAN.
OMAN.
DNC 10.
1. MISSILE OPERATIONS 250400Z TO 251400Z FEB
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   24-25.00N 057-40.00E, 24-10.00N 058-25.00E,
   24-05.00N 058-25.00E, 24-00.00N 058-39.00E,
   23-51.50N 058-20.00E, 23-51.30N 058-06.00E,
   24-09.00N 057-40.00E, 24-18.00N 057-40.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 251500Z 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.
Missile firing
Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

5 within 180 nm since 2015 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

15
20
24

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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A
M
J
J
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D

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

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 16:43Z; 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.