Gunnery exercises: a. 122300Z to 130900Z mar in area bound by 09-10N 119-00E, 08-00N 119-15E, 08-30N…
Sulu Sea · HYDROPAC 690/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-03-15 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 155/13 110849Z MAR 13.. Issued 2013-03-11 09:29Z. 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
- Sulu 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 · 2 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-12 23:00Z | 2013-03-13 09:00Z | — | 10 h |
| 2013-03-14 23:00Z | 2013-03-15 09:00Z | — | 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
- 2013-03-11 09:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-03-15 10:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 155/13 110849Z MAR 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sulu Sea
- position
- 8.875, 119.000
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PHILIPPINES.
SULU SEA.
GUNNERY.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES:
A. 122300Z TO 130900Z MAR
IN AREA BOUND BY
09-10N 119-00E, 08-00N 119-15E,
08-30N 119-00E, 09-55N 118-45E.
B. 142300Z TO 150900Z MAR
IN AREA BETWEEN
08-50N 09-10N AND 119-10E 119-30E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 151000Z MAR 13.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
37 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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.
- Gunnery exercises 16 thru 20 jun in area bound by 11-08.78N 118-58.60E, 11-08.78N 119-06.78E, 11-00.78N…2025-06-12
- Gunnery exercises 16 thru 20 jun in area bound by 10-21.24N 118-33.92E, 10-21.16N 118-42.09E, 10-13.11N…2025-06-12
- Gunnery exercises 24 thru 30 nov in area bound by 09-35.40N 118-54.97E, 09-35.40N 119-02.00E, 09-28.48N…2024-11-21
- Gunnery exercises 22 thru 27 nov in area bound by 10-21.24N 118-33.92E, 10-21.16N 118-42.09E, 10-13.11N…2024-11-21
- Gunnery exercises 25 thru 29 nov in area bound by 10-18.17N 118-40.75E, 10-18.15N 118-35.68E, 10-23.17N…2024-11-20
- Gunnery exercises in progress until 22 nov in area bound by 11-00.78N 118-58.60E, 11-08.78N 118-58.60E,…2024-11-19
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
10 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 04:52Z; 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.