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Multiple American and Israeli airstrikes has reportedly eliminated or harmed a minimum of 11 warships belonging to Iran starting the weekend, new satellite images demonstrate, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

Images of the southerly Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the headquarters of the Iranian navy, depict plumes of smoke rising from multiple warships on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Forces Incurred Substantial Damage

Included in the targets eliminated was the Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had been used as a drone carrier. Orbital photos showed dark plumes emanating from the vessel which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical assessments indicate that no fewer than five ships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Pictures of the southern part of the harbor show smoke emanating from the Makran, while another pair of vessels appear to be damaged, with one of them clearly on fire.

Over at Konarak, images reveal multiple damaged vessels, with intelligence reports identifying damage to six ships. Images from the start of the week also demonstrate that several buildings at the installation have been demolished.

"For a long time the Iranian regime has disrupted global maritime traffic," an American commander declared. "Today, there is not a single Iranian vessel operational in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of ships reportedly sunk may have been obscured in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or hit in open waters, and have not been conclusively proven. Additional information indicated that an Iranian vessel was going down near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, prompting a rescue operation.

Rocket Installations and Atomic Locations Attacked

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the hindering of enrichment activities were declared as further objectives of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also depicted strikes on the southern Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility west of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was seen to warehouses, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

Impact was also observed at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase in eastern Iran, near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the most recent series of attacks have apparently focused on facilities at Natanz – widely believed to be at the core of Iran's nuclear programme. A global monitoring agency stated that the affected buildings were used for access to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Broader Fallout and Assessment

Observers suggested that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's capacity to sustain conventional attacks using its largest vessels. Nevertheless, it was emphasised that Iran still has the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, small submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The total extent of the destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure is still uncertain, with attacks said to be persisting. Pictures also shows extensive damage to the command center of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of non-military structures also are reported to have been hit in the capital city and throughout the country after the fighting escalated. Toll estimates from ground sources state that many hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the strikes.

With the conflict ongoing, analysis of aerial photographs will persist to document the unfolding military landscape.