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A wave of American and Israeli airstrikes has according to analysis eliminated or harmed a minimum of eleven Iran's navy ships since the weekend, new satellite images demonstrate, with missile bases and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, reveal black smoke pouring from several ships on recent days.

Maritime Assets Sustained Major Losses

Among the ships sunk was the Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Satellite images displayed dark plumes emanating from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical reports indicate that no fewer than a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Imagery of the southern end of the harbor depict plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while additional ships are visibly damaged, with one of them visibly ablaze.

Over at the Konarak base, photos display numerous stricken vessels, with intelligence reports identifying damage to a half-dozen warships. Pictures taken on the start of the week also indicate that a number of buildings at the installation have been destroyed.

"For many years the Iranian regime has harassed global maritime traffic," the head of US Central Command said. "Now, there is not one vessel from Iran at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of ships allegedly destroyed may have been obscured in satellite images by haze or plumes, or struck at sea, and have not been conclusively proven. Other accounts stated that a ship from Iran was foundering off the coast of Sri Lankan territorial waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Atomic Locations Hit

The destruction of Tehran's launch facilities and the hindering of nuclear weapons development were stated as additional goals of the offensive. Satellite images also showed damage at the southern Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where rocket warehouses and bunkers were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility west of Kermanshah, extensive damage was identified to storage buildings, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

Damage was also observed at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase in eastern parts of the country, close to the frontier with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the most recent series of attacks have reportedly hit sites at the Natanz complex – considered at the center of Iran's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency commented that the damaged structures were used for access to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was likely.

Broader Fallout and Analysis

Military analysts stated that the offensive appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's capacity to conduct traditional warfare using its most significant vessels. Nevertheless, it was stressed that Iran still has the ability to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of drones, small submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The total extent of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities is still uncertain, with attacks reportedly ongoing. Pictures also reveals widespread destruction to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of public facilities also appear to have been struck in the capital city and across Iran since the conflict escalated. Reports of deaths from inside Iran suggest that hundreds of civilians may have been lost their lives in the attacks.

As the situation develops, monitoring of aerial photographs will persist to assess the changing scope of damage.