Exercises

Hazardous operations 2100Z to 0200Z commencing daily 05 and 06 may and 0400Z to 0700Z daily 06 and 07 may in…

Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 795/06

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2006-05-07 08:00Z

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 XIII 07/06 MAY 06.. Issued 2006-05-02 09:57Z. 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
Japan 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 Japan Sea →

issued
2006-05-02 09:57Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2006-05-07 08:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XIII 07/06 MAY 06.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Japan Sea
position
42.044, 133.396
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2100Z TO 0200Z COMMENCING DAILY
   05 AND 06 MAY AND 0400Z TO 0700Z DAILY
   06 AND 07 MAY IN AREA BOUND BY
   41-49.0N 132-13.0E, 42-14.0N 132-13.0E,
   42-48.0N 133-45.5E, 42-24.3N 134-20.0E,
   41-44.5N 134-20.0E, 41-17.5N 133-48.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 070800Z MAY.

Reading this warning

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

239 within 180 nm since 1999 · 3 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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26

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

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 2026-10-04 00:35Z; 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.