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A series of American and Israeli airstrikes has reportedly eliminated or harmed a minimum of eleven warships belonging to Iran starting the weekend, new satellite images show, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also sustaining hits.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict black smoke pouring from multiple warships on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Fleet Sustained Significant Damage

Included in the vessels destroyed was the IRINS Makran, Iran's most sizable ship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Orbital photos indicated dark plumes emanating from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments state that no fewer than a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Photos of the south end of the port depict smoke emanating from the Makran, while another pair of ships appear to be damaged, with one of them seen burning.

Over at Konarak, photos display several stricken vessels, with analysis identifying impacts on six ships. Images from Monday also show that multiple facilities at the installation have been leveled.

"For many years the Iranian regime has threatened international shipping," a senior US military official stated. "At present, there is not a single Iranian vessel operational in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of vessels reportedly destroyed may have been obscured in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or hit in open waters, and have not been conclusively proven. Separate reports indicated that an Iranian vessel was going down off the coast of Sri Lanka's waters, leading to a rescue operation.

Missile Bases and Atomic Facilities Targeted

The destruction of Iranian missile bases and the stopping enrichment activities were listed as additional goals of the military strikes. Satellite images also revealed damage at the southern Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e unmanned aircraft site to the west of Kermanshah, significant damage was seen to storage buildings, underground facilities and UAV launching apparatus.

Damage was also noted at a radar installation at the Zahedan military airport in eastern parts of the country, close to the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the most recent series of attacks have apparently focused on installations at the Natanz complex – considered at the heart of Iran's atomic program. An international watchdog said that the damaged structures were used for entry to the site's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Wider Consequences and Assessment

Observers indicated that the strikes appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's ability to carry out conventional attacks using its largest warships. However, it was stressed that Iran retains the ability to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, small submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The overall extent of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities remains unclear, with strikes said to be continuing. Pictures also reveals considerable damage to the main offices of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

A large number of civilian buildings also are reported to have been struck in the capital city and across Iran since the fighting began. Reports of deaths from ground sources indicate that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the bombardment.

With the conflict ongoing, monitoring of space-based data will continue to document the changing battlefield picture.