Missiles

Hazardous operations 290130Z to 290700Z oct, alternate 300200Z to 300730Z and 310230Z to 310800Z oct in area…

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 433/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-10-29 06:17Z

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 272031Z SEP 10.. Issued 2010-10-24 08:28Z. 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 433/10 · this notice2010-10-24 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA XII 439/102010-10-29 · Archived notice
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Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2010-10-29 01:30Z2010-10-29 07:00Z—5 h 30
2010-10-30 02:00Z2010-10-30 07:30Z—5 h 30
2010-10-31 02:30Z2010-10-31 08:00Z—5 h 30

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

issued
2010-10-24 08:28Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2010-10-31 09:00Z
authority
PACMISRANFAC 272031Z SEP 10.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
issued by
PACMISRANFAC
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
30.016, -164.774
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC.
HAWAII.
MISSILES.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 290130Z TO 290700Z OCT,
   ALTERNATE 300200Z TO 300730Z AND
   310230Z TO 310800Z OCT
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   22-00N 159-46W, 22-07N 160-25W,
   23-07N 161-49W, 24-25N 162-27W,
   29-56N 170-20W, 32-47N 169-47W,
   35-34N 164-15W, 36-03N 162-31W,
   31-30N 161-28W, 27-00N 162-00W,
   24-11N 160-10W, 22-39N 159-36W,
   22-10N 159-44W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 310900Z OCT.

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.
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

18 within 180 nm since 2007 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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21

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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

7 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 23:55Z; 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.