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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 11788625" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTDtH-AvXiE_ti0EWhjT1quD-hmAYTdzAnpyfHsHTRgT3n-MqFN" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The U.K. may take military action against Iran if it carries out its  threat to block the Strait of Hormuz, Defense Secretary Philip Hammond  will warn in a speech in Washington today.     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 will join any  action to keep it open, Hammond will say, according to extracts of the  address released by his office.     “Our joint naval presence in the Arabian Gulf,  something our regional partners appreciate, is key to keeping the  Straits of Hormuz open for international trade,” Hammond will say.  “Disruption to the flow of oil through the Straits of Hormuz would  threaten regional and global economic growth,” he will say, arguing that  “it is in all our interests that the arteries of global trade are kept  free, open and running.”Bloomberg<img src="http://i.imgur.com/QS9bO.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Royal Navy ships (File photo)</blockquote>

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