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Multiple US and Israeli attacks has according to analysis eliminated or harmed no fewer than eleven warships belonging to Iran starting the weekend, recently obtained aerial photos demonstrate, with launch facilities and enrichment plants also sustaining hits.

Images of the southern Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, depict smoke billowing from several vessels on the start of the week.

Maritime Assets Sustained Substantial Losses

Among the targets eliminated was the Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos displayed black smoke rising from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments state that no fewer than five vessels at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Photos of the south end of the port show smoke rising from the Makran, while additional ships are visibly impacted, with one of them seen burning.

At the Konarak base, photos display several damaged vessels, with intelligence reports pointing to damage to six ships. Images taken on the start of the week also demonstrate that a number of facilities at the base have been destroyed.

"For many years the Iranian regime has disrupted international shipping," a senior US military official said. "Today, there is no Iranian vessel at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some ships reportedly destroyed may have been concealed in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or hit in open waters, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts stated that an Iranian vessel was going down off the coast of Sri Lanka's territorial waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Locations Hit

The destruction of Tehran's launch facilities and the stopping enrichment activities were stated as further aims of the offensive. Satellite images also revealed damage at the southern Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were hit.

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

Destruction was also seen at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern parts of the country, close to the frontier with neighboring nations.

Of particular note, the new round of strikes have reportedly targeted installations at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the heart of Iran's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency stated that the affected structures were used for entry to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Defense experts indicated that the strikes appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's capability to carry out conventional attacks using its biggest vessels. But, it was noted that Tehran retains the capacity to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of drones, midget subs and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The overall extent of the damage caused to Iranian military infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities said to be continuing. Photos also reveals extensive damage to the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

A large number of civilian buildings also seem to have been hit in the capital city and across the country after the conflict started. Toll estimates from ground sources state that hundreds of non-combatants may have been killed in the strikes.

As the situation develops, monitoring of aerial photographs will carry on to document the unfolding scope of damage.