Missiles

Missile operations 040730Z to 041330Z feb, alternate 0730Z to 1330Z daily 05 thru 07 feb in areas bound by:…

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 47/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-02-04 09:43Z

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 272032Z JAN 17.. Issued 2017-01-27 22:23Z. 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 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.

  1. NAVAREA XII 33/172017-01-21 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA XII 47/17 · this notice2017-01-27 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2017-02-04 07:30Z2017-02-04 13:30Z—6 h
2017-02-05 07:30Z2017-02-05 13:30Z—6 h
2017-02-06 07:30Z2017-02-06 13:30Z—6 h
2017-02-07 07:30Z2017-02-07 13:30Z—6 h

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

issued
2017-01-27 22:23Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2017-02-07 14:30Z
authority
PACMISRANFAC 272032Z JAN 17.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
issued by
PACMISRANFAC
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
28.500, -165.254
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 040730Z TO 041330Z FEB,
   ALTERNATE 0730Z TO 1330Z DAILY 05 THRU 07 FEB
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 22-22N 160-37W, 24-00N 162-00W,
      24-00N 167-00W, 25-00N 168-00W,
      27-00N 169-00W, 30-00N 169-24W,
      31-00N 169-00W, 31-39N 168-30W,
      32-42N 166-18W, 31-53N 163-22W,
      30-00N 162-00W, 26-47N 160-31W,
      24-14N 160-41W, 23-26N 160-07W,
      23-00N 159-52W, 22-05N 159-45W,
      22-02N 159-47W.
   B. 36-20N 155-39W, 33-56N 150-25W,
      30-28N 149-57W, 27-46N 151-14W,
      34-32N 156-27W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 33/17.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 071430Z FEB 17.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

32 within 180 nm since 2007 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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

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

Worldwide in the collected sources

3 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 18:29Z; 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.