Ordnance

Gunnery and bombing exercises in progress until 04 apr vicinity wonsan (39-16N 127-40E)

Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 929/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-04-05 00:01Z

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 XI 244/14 011327Z APR 14.. Issued 2014-04-02 12:33Z. 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 parsed report position is 39.267, 127.667. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Japan Sea →

issued: 2014-04-02 12:33Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XI 244/14 011327Z APR 14.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: Japan Sea
position: 39.267, 127.667
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SEA OF JAPAN.
NORTH KOREA-EAST COAST.
GUNNERY. ORDNANCE.
1. GUNNERY AND BOMBING EXERCISES IN
   PROGRESS UNTIL 04 APR VICINITY
   WONSAN (39-16N 127-40E).
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 05 APR 14.

Reading this warning

Gunnery and live firing: Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
Unexploded ordnance: Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
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 2006 · 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.

Underwater ordnance detonations 280001Z to 280200Z mar in areas within 2000 yards of: a. 36-56.9N 125-42.0E2006-03-23

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 2026-10-03 08:05Z; 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.