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Multiple American and Israeli airstrikes has according to analysis eliminated or harmed a minimum of 11 Iranian naval vessels since Saturday, new satellite images reveal, with missile bases and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Images of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict black smoke pouring from multiple warships on recent days.

Naval Assets Sustained Significant Losses

Among the vessels destroyed was the IRINS Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had served as a drone carrier. Satellite images displayed black smoke emanating from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence evaluations indicate that no fewer than five ships at the port were "hit or sunk". Pictures of the south end of the port reveal plumes ascending from the Makran, while additional ships appear to be harmed, with one of them seen burning.

Over at Konarak, images display multiple damaged ships, with expert review identifying damage to a half-dozen warships. Pictures from Monday also demonstrate that several structures at the base have been demolished.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has harassed international shipping," the head of US Central Command declared. "Today, there is no Iranian ship operational in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

Some ships reportedly destroyed may have been concealed in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or hit in open waters, and have not been conclusively proven. Separate reports stated that one Iranian ship was foundering near Sri Lankan waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Missile Bases and Atomic Facilities Attacked

Neutralizing Iran's rocket sites and the stopping nuclear weapons development were stated as additional objectives of the offensive. Satellite images also revealed impacts against the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were targeted.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base to the west of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was identified to storage buildings, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

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

Significantly, the most recent series of attacks have apparently focused on sites at Natanz – widely believed to be at the heart of Iran's nuclear programme. An international watchdog said that the damaged structures were used for entry to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was anticipated.

Broader Consequences and Analysis

Military analysts suggested that the attacks appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval ability to conduct conventional attacks using its most significant vessels. But, it was stressed that Iran maintains the capacity to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of drones, midget subs and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The full scope of the destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with attacks reportedly continuing. Photos also reveals widespread destruction to the main offices of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of public facilities also are reported to have been struck in the capital and throughout the country after the fighting escalated. Toll estimates from ground sources indicate that a high number of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of satellite imagery will carry on to document the evolving battlefield picture.