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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 11806215" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/HMS_Daring-1.jpg/800px-HMS_Daring-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Britain's newest  warship is heading to the Gulf for its first mission at a time of  tensions over Iran's threat to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a  key transport route for oil.The Royal Navy's $1.5 billion (£1 billion) Type 45 destroyer  HMS Daring, which has a "stealth" design to help avoid detection by  radar, is to join other British ships in the region.UK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has publicly warned Iran that any attempt by Iran to block the strategically important waterway in  retaliation for sanctions against its oil exports would be "illegal and  unsuccessful" and the Royal Navy would join any action to keep it open.<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/07/article-0-0F5DDC0100000578-672_634x933.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/07/article-2083530-0F5DDC2100000578-667_634x286.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i.imgur.com/Uc2cv.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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