Bombing exercises: a. 250001Z apr to 312359Z may in area between 12-51N 13-01N and 045-55E 046-05E
Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 849/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-06-01 00:59Z
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) · CTG 51.3 221320Z APR 10.. Issued 2010-04-24 06:43Z. 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
- Gulf of Aden. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
Activity windows · 2 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-04-25 00:01Z | 2010-05-31 23:59Z | — | 887 h 58 |
| 2010-05-01 00:01Z | 2010-05-31 23:59Z | — | 743 h 58 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2010-04-24 06:43Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2010-06-01 00:59Z
- authority
- CTG 51.3 221320Z APR 10.
- issued by
- CTG
- sea
- Gulf of Aden
- position
- 13.275, 47.138
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF ADEN.
ORDNANCE.
1. BOMBING EXERCISES:
A. 250001Z APR TO 312359Z MAY IN AREA BETWEEN
12-51N 13-01N AND 045-55E 046-05E.
B. 250001Z APR TO 312359Z MAY IN AREA BOUND BY
11-26N 045-15E, 11-29N 045-24E,
11-19N 045-27E, 11-16N 045-18E.
C. 010001Z TO 312359Z MAY IN AREA BOUND BY
13-19N 047-01E, 13-23N 047-11E,
13-14N 047-16E, 13-09N 047-05E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 640/10.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 010059Z JUN.
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.
- 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations
19 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 010001Z to 302359Z nov in areas: a. bound by 13-19N 047-01E, 13-23N 047-11E, 13-14N…2010-10-28
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 312359Z oct in areas: a. bound by 13-19N 047-01E, 13-23N 047-11E, 13-14N…2010-09-28
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 302359Z sep in areas: a. bound by 13-19N 047-01E, 13-23N 047-11E, 13-14N…2010-08-29
- Bombing exercises 010001Z to 312359Z aug in areas: a. bound by 13-19N 047-01E, 13-23N 047-11E, 13-14N…2010-07-29
- Bombing exercises 110900Z to 112359Z jul, alternate 150900Z to 152359Z jul in area bound by 11-24.9N…2010-07-09
- Bombing exercises 050700Z to 051900Z jul, alternate 090700Z to 091900Z jul in area bound by 11-24.9N…2010-07-04
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
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 00:02Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →
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.