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Multiple American and Israeli airstrikes has allegedly eliminated or harmed a minimum of 11 Iran's navy ships since the weekend, new satellite images demonstrate, with rocket sites and enrichment plants also coming under fire.

Images of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and houses the headquarters of the Iranian navy, show black smoke pouring from a number of warships on Monday and Tuesday.

Maritime Forces Incurred Major Losses

Included in the vessels destroyed was the IRINS Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had served as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos displayed black smoke rising from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence evaluations indicate that no fewer than a quintet of warships at the port were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the southern end of the port show smoke rising from the Makran, while additional vessels appear to be impacted, with a single one clearly on fire.

At Konarak, photos display multiple stricken ships, with intelligence reports pointing to damage to a half-dozen warships. Pictures taken on Monday also indicate that a number of buildings at the installation have been demolished.

"For many years the Tehran government has disrupted global maritime traffic," an American commander declared. "Now, there is no Iranian vessel at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of ships allegedly destroyed may have been concealed in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Additional information indicated that an Iranian vessel was going down near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, prompting a rescue operation.

Missile Installations and Atomic Locations Hit

Neutralizing Iran's rocket sites and the prevention of nuclear weapons development were stated as additional objectives of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also revealed impacts against the southerly Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e unmanned aircraft site to the west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive damage was identified to warehouses, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

Impact was also observed at a radar site at the Zahedan military airport in eastern parts of the country, close to the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Of particular note, the latest wave of attacks have apparently focused on facilities at the Natanz complex – considered at the heart of Iran's atomic program. A global monitoring agency stated that the damaged buildings were used for access to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Defense experts indicated that the offensive appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval capability to sustain conventional attacks using its largest warships. But, it was emphasised that Iran maintains the option to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships.

The total scale of the destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure remains unclear, with strikes reportedly continuing. Photos also shows widespread damage to the headquarters of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

A significant number of public facilities also appear to have been struck in the capital city and throughout the country after the hostilities began. Reports of deaths from local officials suggest that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the attacks.

As the situation develops, analysis of aerial photographs will persist to assess the unfolding military landscape.