Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0900Z daily 13 and 14 mar in area bound by 09-00N 119-00E, 08-45N 119-15E, 08-30N…
Sulu Sea · HYDROPAC 726/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-03-14 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 159/12 130322Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-13 04:11Z. 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.
- issued
- 2012-03-13 04:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-03-14 10:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 159/12 130322Z MAR 12.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sulu Sea
- position
- 8.750, 119.000
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SULU SEA. GUNNERY. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0001Z TO 0900Z DAILY 13 AND 14 MAR IN AREA BOUND BY 09-00N 119-00E, 08-45N 119-15E, 08-30N 119-00E, 08-45N 118-45E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 141000Z MAR.
Reading this warning
- 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
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 11:46Z; 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.