Exercises

Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0500Z commencing daily 28 feb, 03 thru 07, 10 thru 14, 17 thru 21 and 24 thru 28…

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 650/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-03-29 10:00Z

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 XI 114/19 261137Z FEB 19.. Issued 2019-02-26 11:51Z. 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: Philippine 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →

issued: 2019-02-26 11:51Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2019-03-29 10:00Z
authority: NAVAREA XI 114/19 261137Z FEB 19.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: Philippine Sea
position: 21.987, 121.855
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PHILIPPINE SEA.
TAIWAN.
DNC 23.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 2300Z TO 0500Z COMMENCING
   DAILY 28 FEB, 03 THRU 07, 10 THRU 14, 17 THRU
   21 AND 24 THRU 28 MAR AND 0600Z TO 0900Z DAILY
   01, 04 THRU 08, 11 THRU 15, 18 THRU 22 AND
   25 THRU 29 MAR IN AREA BOUND BY
   22-14-53N 121-40-29E, 22-26-53N 122-00-29E,
   21-32-53N 122-00-29E, 21-41-53N 121-40-29E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 291000Z MAR 19.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

727 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 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.

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 2026-10-03 01:57Z; 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.