Missiles

Missile operations 282130Z to 290230Z aug, alternate 292130 to 300230Z and 302130 to 310230Z aug in area…

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 401/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-08-29 01:04Z

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) · PACMISRANFAC 062129Z AUG 19.. Issued 2019-08-24 04:50Z. 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.

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Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2019-08-28 21:30Z2019-08-29 02:30Z—5 h

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

issued
2019-08-24 04:50Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2019-08-31 03:30Z
authority
PACMISRANFAC 062129Z AUG 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
issued by
PACMISRANFAC
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
24.229, -161.585
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC.
HAWAII.
1. MISSILE OPERATIONS 282130Z TO 290230Z AUG,
   ALTERNATE 292130 TO 300230Z AND
   302130 TO 310230Z AUG IN AREA BOUND BY
   22-06N 160-10W, 22-03N 159-47W,
   22-04N 159-46W, 22-23N 159-47W,
   26-08N 161-58W, 25-06N 163-27W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 310330Z AUG 19.

Reading this warning

Missile firing
Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

203 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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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 2026-09-29 05:13Z; source collection times vary.

Missiles

Missile firings, rocket launches and space debris re-entry areas. All current missile & rocket hazards →

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