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A series of US and Israeli strikes has allegedly sunk or crippled at least eleven Iran's navy ships starting the weekend, freshly analyzed orbital imagery demonstrate, with missile bases and enrichment plants also sustaining hits.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and houses the main command of the Iranian navy, show plumes of smoke rising from a number of ships on the start of the week.

Maritime Forces Incurred Significant Damage

Included in the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had been used as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery displayed thick smoke rising from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments indicate that no fewer than five ships at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the south end of the port depict plumes ascending from the Makran, while two other ships seem to be impacted, with one of them visibly ablaze.

At Konarak, images show several harmed ships, with intelligence reports pointing to damage to a half-dozen warships. Pictures from Monday also indicate that a number of buildings at the base have been leveled.

"For decades the Tehran government has harassed international shipping," an American commander said. "At present, there is not one Iranian ship at sea in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will continue."

Some vessels allegedly destroyed may have been concealed in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or targeted offshore, and have not been conclusively proven. Separate reports stated that an Iranian vessel was going down near Sri Lanka's waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Installations and Atomic Facilities Targeted

The destruction of Iran's rocket sites and the hindering of atomic bomb programs were declared as additional objectives of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also depicted strikes on the southern Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were struck.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e UAV facility to the west of Kermanshah, significant damage was identified to sheds, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Impact was also observed at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern parts of the country, near the border with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of attacks have reportedly focused on facilities at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the center of the country's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body commented that the affected structures were used for access to the site's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was likely.

Broader Fallout and Assessment

Military analysts indicated that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's ability to carry out conventional attacks using its biggest vessels. However, it was emphasised that Iran retains the option to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of drones, small submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The overall extent of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities remains unclear, with strikes reportedly continuing. Pictures also shows extensive destruction to the main offices of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also seem to have been hit in the capital and across Iran after the conflict began. Reports of deaths from local officials indicate that a high number of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the strikes.

As the situation develops, monitoring of aerial photographs will continue to document the unfolding battlefield picture.