UK sends destroyer to fight ISIS in Persian Gulf, despite its previous warm water failures

‘The Royal Navy is sending its lead Daring-class air defense destroyer, the HMS Daring, to the Persian Gulf to help the US-led coalition fight terrorists in the region, but there have been concerns over the warship’s technical reliability in warmer climes.
Tasked with protecting US aircraft carriers as they launch airstrikes on Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) targets in Syria and Iraq, the £1 billion ($1.3 billion) Type 45 warship might be prone to something completely different than the jihadists and their weapons.
The destroyers have previously had technical issues in warm waters, the Royal Navy has admitted, and the HMS Daring has had two such technical failures.’
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