Missile firing in North Pacific near Hokkaido, daily from August 16 to 22, from 1400Z to 1000Z, in a defined area.
North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XI 369/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-20 00:21Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- Japan Coast Guard JHOD NAVAREA XI · Japan Coast Guard (JHOD). Issued 2026-08-12 12:00Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:42Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 14:24Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- North Pacific Ocean. 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
- Cancel information of missile firinglater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- NAVAREA XI 369/26 · this notice2026-08-12 · Cancelled notice
- HYDROPAC 2320/262026-08-12 · Cancelled notice
- NAVAREA XI 374/262026-08-20 · Cancelled notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
Activity windows · 7 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-16 14:00Z | 2026-08-17 10:00Z | — | 20 h |
| 2026-08-17 14:00Z | 2026-08-18 10:00Z | — | 20 h |
| 2026-08-18 14:00Z | 2026-08-19 10:00Z | — | 20 h |
| 2026-08-19 14:00Z | 2026-08-20 10:00Z | — | 20 h |
| 2026-08-20 14:00Z | 2026-08-21 10:00Z | — | 20 h |
| 2026-08-21 14:00Z | 2026-08-22 10:00Z | — | 20 h |
| 2026-08-22 14:00Z | 2026-08-23 10:00Z | — | 20 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2026-08-12 12:00Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-08-23 11:00Z
- authority
- Japan Coast Guard (JHOD)
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI
- issued by
- JAPAN COAST GUARD
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 43.949, 151.043
- nearest port
- Kushiro · 297 nm
- source
- Japan Coast Guard JHOD NAVAREA XI · first seen 2026-08-17 13:42Z
Original warning text
NORTH PACIFIC, HOKKAIDO. MISSILE FIRING. 1400Z TO 1000Z COMMENCING DAILY 16 TO 22 AUG. AREA BOUNDED BY 47-16.3N 151-00.0E 47-16.3N 151-35.0E 44-24.0N 152-10.0E 42-45.6N 155-10.6E 40-48.0N 152-02.7E 42-10.0N 150-45.0E 42-10.0N 149-40.0E 43-25.0N 149-40.0E 44-45.0N 147-24.0E 45-56.0N 147-26.0E 45-58.0N 147-56.0E 46-20.0N 148-35.0E 45-51.0N 149-50.0E 46-14.0N 150-34.5E. CANCEL THIS MSG 231100Z AUG.
Reading this warning
- 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.
Type
Military firing / hazardous-operations area — no matching space launch.
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
12 within 180 nm since 2016 · 2 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 1400Z to 1000Z daily 16 thru 22 aug in area bound by 47-16.30N 151-00.00E, 47-16.30N…2026-08-12
- Missile and gunnery 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in areas bound by: a. 50-00.00N 155-15.00E,…2023-05-31
- Missile and gunnery 2200Z to 1000Z daily 04 thru 19 jun in areas bound by: a. 44-50.00N 149-20.00E,…2023-05-31
- Gunnery and missile operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 17 thru 30 aug: a. in 45-18.00N 148-40.00E2022-08-15
- Gunnery and missile operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 17 thru 30 aug in areas bound by: a. 47-20.00N…2022-08-15
- Missile operations 2200Z to 0800Z daily 31 may thru 14 jun in areas bound by a. 45-20.00N 150-10.00E,…2022-05-27
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
6 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 21:46Z; 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.