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Multiple US and Israeli airstrikes has allegedly sunk or crippled no fewer than eleven Iranian naval vessels since the weekend, freshly analyzed orbital imagery demonstrate, with missile bases and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and contains the headquarters of the Iranian navy, reveal black smoke pouring from several vessels on the start of the week.

Maritime Fleet Sustained Substantial Losses

Among the targets eliminated was the Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had served as a drone carrier. Satellite images displayed dark plumes pouring from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical evaluations state that at least a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the southern part of the port depict smoke rising from the Makran, while additional ships seem to be impacted, with one visibly ablaze.

Over at Konarak, photos reveal numerous damaged vessels, with intelligence reports identifying impacts on a half-dozen warships. Images from the start of the week also show that a number of structures at the base have been destroyed.

"For many years the Iranian regime has disrupted commercial vessels," an American commander declared. "Today, there is not a single Iranian ship operational in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of ships reportedly destroyed may have been hidden in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or targeted offshore, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Additional information suggested that a ship from Iran was sinking near Sri Lankan territorial waters, prompting a rescue operation.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Locations Hit

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the stopping nuclear weapons development were listed as other goals of the air campaign. Satellite images also depicted damage at the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where rocket warehouses and bunkers were targeted.

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

Damage was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan military airport in eastern Iran, close to the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of attacks have apparently targeted facilities at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the heart of the country's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body stated that the damaged buildings were used for entry to the facility's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no radiological consequence" was anticipated.

Wider Consequences and Assessment

Defense experts suggested that the attacks appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval capability to carry out traditional warfare using its biggest warships. However, it was noted that Tehran retains the ability to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The full scope of the damage caused to Iranian military infrastructure is still uncertain, with attacks reportedly persisting. Pictures also indicates considerable destruction to the main offices of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

A large number of non-military structures also appear to have been hit in the capital and throughout Iran after the fighting escalated. Reports of deaths from ground sources state that hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the bombardment.

As the situation develops, monitoring of satellite imagery will persist to track the unfolding battlefield picture.