Missiles

Hazardous operations 0411Z to 0555Z daily 26 and 27 sep in areas bound by: a. 34-18N 120-41W, 34-18N…

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 390/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-09-27 06:55Z

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) · WESTERN RANGE OP W3126 161509Z SEP 10 - WESTERN RANGE OP W7666 210432Z SEP 10.. Issued 2010-09-21 10:28Z. 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.

Related notices and cancellation links

These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.

  1. NAVAREA XII 390/10 · this notice2010-09-21 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA XII 398/102010-09-26 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

issued
2010-09-21 10:28Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2010-09-27 06:55Z
authority
WESTERN RANGE OP W3126 161509Z SEP 10 - WESTERN RANGE OP W7666 210432Z SEP 10.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
issued by
WESTERN RANGE OP
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
20.708, -123.887
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
MISSILES.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0411Z TO 0555Z DAILY 26 AND 27 SEP
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 34-18N 120-41W, 34-18N 120-43W,
      34-34N 120-39W, 34-34N 120-37W.
   B. 32-55N 121-09W, 34-09N 120-49W,
      34-06N 120-37W, 32-52N 120-57W.
   C. 20-03N 124-26W, 21-31N 124-08W,
      21-22N 123-20W, 19-54N 123-39W.
   D. 13-28N 125-45W, 17-48N 124-52W,
      17-44N 124-29W, 13-24N 125-23W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 386/10(18,19,83), OPERATIONS COMPLETED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 270655Z SEP.

Reading this warning

Missile firing
Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
Hazardous operations
NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

1 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.

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

5 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-27 23:19Z; 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.