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In 1991 during the Gulf War, an SAS unit of eight men led by Andy McNab was dropped into Iraq on a dangerous covert mission.  Within days the men were compromised and pursued across the desert — three of their number died and one escaped. The remaining four were captured. Bravo Two Zero, McNab's book about their ordeal, which gripped readers around the world, has sold six million copies and has never been out of print.  Here, to mark the 30th anniversary of its publication, we present the first of four extracts from his compelling story of immense courage, mental strength and superhuman e...

SAS: Red Notice: release date for film starring Sam Heughan, cast - and the Andy McNab book it's based on Jenna Macfarlane © Sam Heughan plays Special Forces operative Tom Buckingham alongside Ruby Rose (Picture: Sky Cinema) Scottish actor Sam Heughan’s new movie SAS: Red Notice drops today (12 March) to the delight of his fans. The hostage thriller, which is based on the book by Andy McNab, sees Heughan take on mercenaries threatening to blow up the channel tunnel. It follows confirmation that season six of Outlander, Starz’ ever-popular time travelling drama which star...

Remember the Scud. Here's What You Need to Know: The failure to destroy the launchers highlights how easy it can be to overestimate damage inflicted upon an enemy, and how difficult it is to hunt down an opponent intent on using hit-and-run tactics. Today, North Korea maintains a far larger arsenal of mobile ballistic missile launchers than Iraq ever did—weapons which could likely survive the opening days of a conflict. While assembling the coalition that would eject Iraqi forces from Kuwait in 1990–1991, one thing American military planners  weren’t worried about was Iraq’s Scud-B...

» Inside the covert mission that sent Delta Force and British SAS deep behind Iraqi lines in search of Saddam's missiles Inside the covert mission that sent Delta Force and British SAS deep behind Iraqi lines in search of Saddam's missiles Stavros AtlamazoglouFeb 12, 2021, 19:53 IST Iraqis drive by a mural depicting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein looking at launched Scud missiles, in Thar Thar City in northern Iraq, April 28, 1999.KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images In January and February 1991, hundreds of thousands of troops in a US-led coalition pushed Iraqi forces out of Kuwait during Opera...

Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer in Heat Credit: Alamy It’s a long way from behind enemy lines in Iraq to Hollywood pool parties but that’s the journey made by veteran SAS sergeant Steven Mitchell - better known by his pseudonym Andy McNab. And it was all thanks to Robert De Niro reading his book while bored on a film set. “De Niro read Bravo Two Zero while he was shooting something in Australia and said to [Heat director] Michael Mann: ‘Can we see if this guy wants to come over? He seems to know what he’s talking about’,” recalls McNab. “A recommendation from De Niro - it doesn�...