Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 18 thru 22 may in area bound by 38-08N 129-51E, 38-08N 130-10E,…
Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 931/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-05-22 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 XI 300/09 13 MAY 09.. Issued 2009-05-14 07:53Z. 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 · 5 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-05-18 00:01Z | 2009-05-18 08:00Z | — | 7 h 59 |
| 2009-05-19 00:01Z | 2009-05-19 08:00Z | — | 7 h 59 |
| 2009-05-20 00:01Z | 2009-05-20 08:00Z | — | 7 h 59 |
| 2009-05-21 00:01Z | 2009-05-21 08:00Z | — | 7 h 59 |
| 2009-05-22 00:01Z | 2009-05-22 08:00Z | — | 7 h 59 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2009-05-14 07:53Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2009-05-22 09:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 300/09 13 MAY 09.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Japan Sea
- position
- 37.904, 130.011
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0001Z TO 0800Z DAILY 18 THRU 22 MAY IN AREA BOUND BY 38-08N 129-51E, 38-08N 130-10E, 37-39N 130-10E, 37-42N 129-51E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 220900Z MAY.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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 · military exercises
330 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 20 thru 24 jun in area bound by 38-15N 129-51E, 38-14N 130-10E,…2011-06-15
- Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0800Z commencing daily 19 thru 23 jun in area bound by 38-25N 128-45E, 38-25N…2011-06-15
- Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 13 thru 17 jun in area bound by 38-15N 129-51E, 38-14N 130-10E,…2011-06-08
- Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0800Z commencing daily 12 thru 16 jun in area bound by 38-25N 128-45E, 38-25N…2011-06-08
- Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0800Z commencing daily 06 thru 09 jun in area bound by 38-25N 128-45E, 38-25N…2011-06-02
- Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 07 thru 10 jun in area bound by 38-15N 129-51E, 38-14N 130-10E,…2011-06-02
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 18:41Z; 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.