Intelligence reports call Iran's massive missile test 'impressive' and on 'larger scale' than N. Korea's

As we pointed out on the basis of an earlier report

the north korean tests of October were to test command and control systems for missile barrage launches for Iran.

And now this:

LONDON — Iran has demonstrated its capability to launch a massive missile strike in the Gulf.

Western intelligence sources said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps succeeded in a test that concentrated massive missile and rocket fire in one area. They said the IRGC launched hundreds of missiles and rockets by remote control against simulated targets in the Gulf. "They fired and fired and there were no duds or mishaps," an intelligence source said. "It was a very impressive display of firepower."

On Nov. 2 Iran began firing Shihab-3 and Shihab-2 ballistic missiles and medium-range rockets at the start of the "Great Prophet" exercise.

The source said Great Prophet, held in 10 Iranian provinces, resembled a North Korean exercise held in July 2006. At the time, Pyongyang fired a range of intermediate-, medium- and short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan in what was later deemed a test of the North's command and control system.

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