Playing chicken: operation green prophet

The Mullah’s have announced their second test of a missile in less than a week that can fire multiple warheads and is an allegedly radar avoiding missile reports the Jerusalem Post.

Iran said Tuesday it has tested a second new radar-avoiding missile, the latest weapon to be unveiled during war games in the Gulf that the military says are aimed at preparing the country's defenses against the United States. The new surface-to-sea missile is equipped with remote-control and searching systems, the state-run television reported Tuesday.

On Friday, the country tested the Fajr-3, a missile that it said can avoid radars and hit several targets simultaneously using multiple warheads. Since the war games began Friday, the country also has tested what it calls two new torpedoes.

The Revolutionary Guards, the elite branch of Iran's military, have been holding their maneuvers - codenamed the "Great Prophet" - since Friday, touting what they call domestically built technological advances in their armed forces.

A report of the first test of the Fajr 3 missile can be find here, and let us not forget that Mullahs don’t just have their eyes on the sky but on the sea as well.

But it’s only after reading the Lebanon Daily Star’s report can I speculate that purpose of Operation Green Prophet is to allow the Mullah’s an opportunity to play a game of Chicken with the West.