Missiles

Missile operations 1400Z to 0100Z daily 22 thru 24 jan in area bound by 32-35.00N 117-40.00W, 32-48.00N…

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 17/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-01-25 02:00Z

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) · FACSFAC SAN DIEGO 0/24 031901Z JAN 24.. Issued 2024-01-17 09:19Z. 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
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.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2024-01-22 14:00Z2024-01-23 01:00Z—11 h
2024-01-23 14:00Z2024-01-24 01:00Z—11 h
2024-01-24 14:00Z2024-01-25 01:00Z—11 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2024-01-17 09:19Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-01-25 02:00Z
authority
FACSFAC SAN DIEGO 0/24 031901Z JAN 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
issued by
FACSFAC SAN DIEGO
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
31.927, -118.802
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
MEXICO.
CALIFORNIA.
1. MISSILE OPERATIONS 1400Z TO 0100Z DAILY
   22 THRU 24 JAN IN AREA BOUND BY
   32-35.00N 117-40.00W, 32-48.00N 118-25.09W,
   33-02.10N 118-37.09W, 33-03.90N 118-41.59W,
   33-08.00N 118-51.90W, 32-11.00N 120-17.00W,
   31-41.50N 120-15.00W, 30-54.00N 118-46.99W,
   30-54.00N 117-40.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 250200Z JAN 24.

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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

955 within 180 nm since 1998 · 13 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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26

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

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:20Z; 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.