Ordnance

Bombing exercises in progress until 142000Z mar in area bound by 17-25N 040-49E, 17-18N 039-24E, 19-00N…

Red Sea · HYDROPAC 728/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-03-14 21:00Z

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) · USS ENTERPRISE 061336Z MAR 11.. Issued 2011-03-08 11:11Z. 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: Red 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 Red Sea →

issued: 2011-03-08 11:11Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2011-03-14 21:00Z
authority: USS ENTERPRISE 061336Z MAR 11.
issued by: USS ENTERPRISE
sea: Red Sea
position: 18.145, 39.826
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

RED SEA.
ORDNANCE.
1. BOMBING EXERCISES IN PROGRESS UNTIL
   142000Z MAR IN AREA BOUND BY
   17-25N 040-49E, 17-18N 039-24E,
   19-00N 039-03E, 19-07N 039-56E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 142100Z MAR.

Reading this warning

Unexploded ordnance: Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations

2 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.

Bombing exercises 201215Z to 202300Z jun in area bound by 18-39.10N 039-06.42E, 18-49.15N 039-22.27E,…2010-06-20

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

Derelict M/V isa star aground in 18-26.00N 041-06.00EDerelicts · 74.7 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 16:52Z; source collection times vary.

Ordnance

Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →

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