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Multiple US and Israeli attacks has according to analysis destroyed or damaged at least eleven warships belonging to Iran starting Saturday, recently obtained orbital imagery reveal, with launch facilities and enrichment plants also being targeted.

Pictures 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 Iranian navy, depict plumes of smoke rising from several warships on the start of the week.

Maritime Assets Incurred Significant Losses

Included in the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images displayed thick smoke pouring from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical evaluations state that no fewer than five ships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the southern end of the harbor show smoke rising from the Makran, while two other ships seem to be harmed, with one seen burning.

At Konarak, images display multiple damaged ships, with expert review pointing to damage to six ships. Pictures from Monday also demonstrate that several buildings at the base have been destroyed.

"For decades the Iranian regime has harassed global maritime traffic," an American commander declared. "Now, there is not a single vessel from Iran underway in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

Some vessels allegedly destroyed may have been concealed in satellite images by haze or plumes, or hit in open waters, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts suggested that a ship from Iran was foundering near Sri Lankan territorial waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Installations and Nuclear Facilities Targeted

Eliminating Iran's rocket sites and the hindering of atomic bomb programs were listed as additional objectives of the air campaign. Satellite images also revealed damage at the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where missile storage facilities and fortifications were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone base west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was seen to storage buildings, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems.

Damage was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan military airport in eastern parts of the country, close to the border with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of strikes have reportedly focused on sites at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the heart of Iran's atomic program. A global monitoring agency stated that the affected structures were used for entry to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was anticipated.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Observers suggested that the attacks appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval capability to sustain traditional warfare using its largest warships. Nevertheless, it was stressed that Tehran retains the option to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

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

A large number of civilian buildings also seem to have been damaged in the capital and throughout the country since the hostilities started. Toll estimates from local officials indicate that many hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the attacks.

With the conflict ongoing, monitoring of satellite imagery will persist to document the evolving battlefield picture.