Missile operations 0245Z to 0530Z daily 12 thru 16 apr in area bound by 25-43.97N 066-19.59E, 25-17.21N…
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 990/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-04-16 06:30Z
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 IX 141/22 101504Z APR 22.. Issued 2022-04-10 15:11Z. 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
- Arabian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-12 02:45Z | 2022-04-12 05:30Z | — | 2 h 45 |
| 2022-04-13 02:45Z | 2022-04-13 05:30Z | — | 2 h 45 |
| 2022-04-14 02:45Z | 2022-04-14 05:30Z | — | 2 h 45 |
| 2022-04-15 02:45Z | 2022-04-15 05:30Z | — | 2 h 45 |
| 2022-04-16 02:45Z | 2022-04-16 05:30Z | — | 2 h 45 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2022-04-10 15:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-04-16 06:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 141/22 101504Z APR 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 18.631, 62.818
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. PAKISTAN. DNC 03, DNC 10. 1. MISSILE OPERATIONS 0245Z TO 0530Z DAILY 12 THRU 16 APR IN AREA BOUND BY 25-43.97N 066-19.59E, 25-17.21N 067-11.20E, 11-25.08N 059-12.91E, 11-49.82N 058-23.74E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 160630Z APR 22.
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
10 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.
- Missile operations 0515Z to 0815Z daily 02 thru 06 jan in area bound by 25-16.80N 067-11.21E, 25-43.51N…2023-01-02
- Missile operations 0430Z to 0830Z daily 31 jan thru 04 feb in area bound by 25-33.53N 066-26.65E, 25-17.36N…2018-01-26
- Missile firing 0430Z to 0800Z daily 27 and 28 jan in area bound by 25-32.66N 066-30.05E, 25-18.00N…2017-01-24
- Hazardous operations 0430Z to 0800Z daily 24 and 25 jan in area bound by 25-32.66N 066-30.05E, 25-18.00N…2017-01-20
- Hazardous operations 0400Z to 0700Z daily 14 and 15 dec in area bound by 25-32.66N 066-30.05E, 25-17.99N…2015-12-10
- Hazardous operations 0400Z to 0700Z daily 17 and 18 nov in area bound by 19-06.43N 062-22.79E, 19-03.78N…2014-11-13
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
8 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 02:04Z; 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.