Bravo Two Zero Bravo Two Zero Bravo Two Zero was the call sign of an eight-man British Army SAS patrol, deployed into Iraq during the First Gulf War in January 1991. According to Chris Ryan's account, the patrol was given the task of gathering intelligence, finding a good lying-up position (LUP) and setting up an observation post (OP) on the Iraqi Main Supply Route (MSR) between Baghdad and North-Western Iraq, while according to another, the task was to find and destroy Iraqi Scud missile launchers along a stretch of the MSR. The patrol was the subject of several books. Accounts in the first
Australian contribution to the 1991 Gulf War "Darwin". On 26 January 1991, HMAS "Westralia" replaced HMAS "Success". A Navy Clearance diving team was also deployed for explosive ordnance and demolition tasks. Australian ships were in danger of mines and possible air attacks. In a number of recorded incidents, HMAS "Brisbane" encountered free floating mines, on one occasion narrowly avoiding a collision. Both HMA Ships "Brisbane" and "Sydney" encountered significant air threat warnings from Iran and Iraq throughout the initial period of the commencement of the Desert Storm Campaign. The detection of land based silkworm missiles from Iran throughout the campaign also added to the challenges for both