Re: How fast is 'fast moving'
No it was not.
We have not yet bought any from the two sellers which export them (Russia and India) and we have not managed to steal one from the third country claiming to have some - China.
So first of all no, it was not tested.
Second, you would be surprised how narrow the straights of Ormuz and several other Gulf chokepoints are. They are narrow enough to be fully within range of a low cost coastal missile launcher. So if the situation there get hot, all it takes for Iran would be to buy a couple of 9A52 Tornadoes or even worse - license them. An AA frigate will run out of munitions trying to counter a coastal salvo with one of these about half-way into the salvo. From there on it is a dead AA frigate.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
