NAVAREA XII 93/23(19)
PAN PANMissile firing operations in W-188 operating area off Kauai, Hawaii
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No longer in forceCancelled by 745/26
The Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Kauai, conducts intermittent missile firing operations periodically throughout each week in the W-188 operating area offshore Kauai and Niihau. Vessels may be requested to alter course during firing and are asked to contact PMRF on VHF Channel 16 prior to entering the area. If unable to contact PMRF, relay messages through U.S. Coast Guard Honolulu. The warning cancels NAVAREA XII 269/21.
- Type
- Missile / rocket launch · severity high
- Feed
- Rocket launches and space debrisAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- W-188 operating area, offshore Kauai and Niihau, Hawaii (see positions listed)
- Hazards
- missile firing, possible aircraft or missile impact area, required course alterations
- Cancels
- NAVAREA XII 269/21
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Keywordsmissile firingFIRING
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