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A series of American and Israeli attacks has reportedly eliminated or harmed no fewer than 11 Iran's navy ships since the weekend, freshly analyzed aerial photos reveal, with rocket sites and enrichment plants also sustaining hits.

Images of the southerly Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas facility, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and houses the headquarters of the Iranian navy, depict plumes of smoke rising from multiple ships on the start of the week.

Maritime Assets Incurred Major Losses

Included in the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos indicated black smoke emanating from the vessel which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical evaluations indicate that at least a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Photos of the southern end of the harbor depict plumes ascending from the Makran, while additional vessels appear to be harmed, with one of them visibly ablaze.

At Konarak, photos display several stricken vessels, with intelligence reports pointing to damage to a half-dozen warships. Images taken on Monday also demonstrate that a number of facilities at the base have been leveled.

"For a long time the Tehran government has disrupted international shipping," an American commander stated. "At present, there is no vessel from Iran at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some vessels allegedly destroyed may have been obscured in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts stated that one Iranian ship was going down off the coast of Sri Lankan territorial waters, leading to a rescue operation.

Rocket Bases and Atomic Facilities Attacked

The destruction of Iran's rocket sites and the hindering of enrichment activities were listed as further aims of the military strikes. Satellite images also showed strikes on the southern Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air air base, where rocket warehouses and bunkers were struck.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e unmanned aircraft site west of Kermanshah, significant destruction was observed to storage buildings, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems.

Damage was also noted at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern Iran, near the border with neighboring nations.

Of particular note, the most recent series of strikes have apparently targeted sites at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the heart of the country's enrichment efforts. The UN's atomic energy body commented that the damaged buildings were used for access to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was expected.

Broader Fallout and Analysis

Military analysts stated that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's capacity to conduct conventional attacks using its largest warships. However, it was emphasised that Tehran still has the capacity to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The full extent of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities is still uncertain, with hostilities said to be continuing. Photos also indicates extensive destruction to the command center of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also are reported to have been struck in the capital city and throughout Iran since the fighting began. Reports of deaths from inside Iran state that a high number of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

Amid continuing hostilities, monitoring of space-based data will continue to assess the unfolding scope of damage.