Exercises

Hazardous operations 07 and 08 mar in area bound by 27-50.00N 049-36.00E, 27-26.00N 049-51.00E, 27-27.00N…

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 725/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-03-09 00:01Z

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 105/23 040308Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-03-04 06:27Z. 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
Persian Gulf. 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 Persian Gulf →

issued
2023-03-04 06:27Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-03-09 00:01Z
authority
NAVAREA IX 105/23 040308Z MAR 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Persian Gulf
position
27.621, 50.010
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
SAUDI ARABIA.
DNC 10.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 07 AND 08 MAR
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   27-50.00N 049-36.00E, 27-26.00N 049-51.00E,
   27-27.00N 050-27.00E, 27-37.60N 050-22.00E,
   27-51.00N 049-52.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 090001Z MAR 23.

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.
Hazardous operations
NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

87 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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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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

32 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 16:35Z; 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.