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Multiple joint strikes has reportedly eliminated or harmed at least eleven Iran's navy ships since Saturday, freshly analyzed satellite images show, with rocket sites and enrichment plants also being targeted.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas installation, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict plumes of smoke rising from a number of vessels on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Forces Incurred Substantial Losses

Among the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had served as a drone carrier. Satellite images displayed black smoke emanating from the vessel which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments indicate that at least five ships at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Imagery of the southern end of the harbor show plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of ships are visibly harmed, with one of them seen burning.

Over at the Konarak base, images reveal multiple damaged ships, with intelligence reports pointing to damage to a half-dozen warships. Pictures from the start of the week also indicate that multiple structures at the installation have been destroyed.

"For many years the Iranian regime has threatened global maritime traffic," an American commander said. "At present, there is not a single Iranian vessel underway in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of ships reportedly sunk may have been hidden in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or struck at sea, and have not been conclusively proven. Additional information indicated that an Iranian vessel was going down near Sri Lankan waters, leading to a rescue operation.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Locations Hit

The destruction of Iranian missile bases and the stopping atomic bomb programs were stated as additional goals of the air campaign. Satellite images also depicted impacts against the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air air base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were struck.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e UAV facility to the west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive damage was identified to sheds, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

Impact was also noted at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase in eastern Iran, close to the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the latest wave of attacks have apparently targeted facilities at the Natanz complex – considered at the core of the country's enrichment efforts. An international watchdog stated that the damaged buildings were used for entry to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was likely.

Wider Impact and Assessment

Defense experts stated that the offensive appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval ability to sustain traditional warfare using its largest warships. Nevertheless, it was emphasised that Iran retains the capacity to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The full extent of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with strikes said to be continuing. Imagery also indicates extensive destruction to the command center of the the IRGC in the city of Tehran.

A significant number of civilian buildings also seem to have been hit in the capital and across Iran since the conflict began. Toll estimates from local officials indicate that hundreds of civilians may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

Amid continuing hostilities, monitoring of aerial photographs will continue to document the evolving scope of damage.