Missile operations 1400Z to 0800Z daily 18 thru 24 mar in area bound by 50-16.00N 140-28.20E, 50-11.30N…
Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 845/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-25 09:00Z
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 22/24 130902Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-13 12:20Z. 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.
Activity windows · 7 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-18 14:00Z | 2024-03-19 08:00Z | — | 18 h |
| 2024-03-19 14:00Z | 2024-03-20 08:00Z | — | 18 h |
| 2024-03-20 14:00Z | 2024-03-21 08:00Z | — | 18 h |
| 2024-03-21 14:00Z | 2024-03-22 08:00Z | — | 18 h |
| 2024-03-22 14:00Z | 2024-03-23 08:00Z | — | 18 h |
| 2024-03-23 14:00Z | 2024-03-24 08:00Z | — | 18 h |
| 2024-03-24 14:00Z | 2024-03-25 08:00Z | — | 18 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2024-03-13 12:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-03-25 09:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIII 22/24 130902Z MAR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Japan Sea
- position
- 46.538, 139.478
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SEA OF JAPAN. TATAR STRAIT. RUSSIA. DNC 24. 1. MISSILE OPERATIONS 1400Z TO 0800Z DAILY 18 THRU 24 MAR IN AREA BOUND BY 50-16.00N 140-28.20E, 50-11.30N 140-47.80E, 49-37.00N 140-26.70E, 49-28.20N 140-49.00E, 48-57.30N 141-03.20E, 47-46.10N 140-59.50E, 45-07.80N 138-15.60E, 43-06.40N 135-22.70E, 42-33.70N 134-05.00E, 42-30.40N 133-56.50E, 42-36.50N 133-51.50E, 42-42.60N 133-46.60E, 42-46.10N 133-55.00E, 43-19.60N 135-09.40E, 45-18.40N 137-58.40E, 47-51.80N 140-36.10E, 47-51.20N 140-38.72E, 48-49.70N 140-43.10E, 49-20.20N 140-32.30E, 49-31.60N 140-01.50E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 250900Z MAR 24.
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.
- Missile firing
- Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
- 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 · missile & rocket hazards
18 within 180 nm since 2010 · 2 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.
- Missile operations 151400Z to 161000Z sep in area bound by 50-16.00N 140-28.20E, 50-11.30N 140-47.80E,…2026-09-14
- Missile operations 1400Z to 1000Z daily 16 thru 18 and 20 thru 22 sep in area bound by 50-16.00N 140-28.20E,…2026-09-11
- Missile and gunnery operations 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in area bound by 48-15.00N 141-35.00E,…2023-06-01
- Missile and gunnery 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in area bound by 47-15.00N 141-30.00E, 47-00.00N…2023-05-31
- Missile and gunnery operations 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in areas bound by: a. 48-15.00N…2023-05-30
- Missile operations 1400Z to 0800Z daily 03 thru 06 and 08 thru 10 mar in area bound by 50-16.00N 140-28.20E,…2023-03-03
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
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 17:26Z; source collection times vary.
Missiles
Missile firings, rocket launches and space debris re-entry areas. All current missile & rocket hazards →
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.