 On 29 January, the led "Missouri" northward, using advanced mine-avoidance sonar.In her first naval gunfire support action of Desert Storm she shelled an Iraqi command and control bunker near the Saudi border, the first time her guns had been fired in combat since March 1953 off Korea.The battleship bombarded Iraqi beach defenses in occupied Kuwait on the night of 3 February, firing 112 rounds over the next three days until relieved by "Wisconsin".