Missiles

Hazardous operations 0030Z to 0700Z and 0715Z to 1200Z daily 29 and 30 mar in area bound by 15-30N 082-25E,…

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 853/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-03-30 13:00Z

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 VIII 222/16 231005Z MAR 16.. Issued 2016-03-23 17:07Z. 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: Bay of Bengal. 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 Bay of Bengal →

issued: 2016-03-23 17:07Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2016-03-30 13:00Z
authority: NAVAREA VIII 222/16 231005Z MAR 16.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Bay of Bengal
position: 14.479, 83.947
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
INDIA-EAST COAST.
MISSILES.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0030Z TO 0700Z AND
   0715Z TO 1200Z DAILY 29 AND 30 MAR
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   15-30N 082-25E, 16-14N 084-00E,
   14-23N 086-00E, 13-47N 086-00E,
   12-54N 084-36E, 13-52N 082-00E,
   14-36N 082-01E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301300Z MAR 16.

Reading this warning

Missile firing: Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

27 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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.

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 2026-10-02 09:44Z; 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.