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A series of American and Israeli attacks has according to analysis eliminated or harmed a minimum of eleven warships belonging to Iran since the weekend, freshly analyzed orbital imagery show, with missile bases and enrichment plants also being targeted.

Images of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and is home to the main command of the Iran's naval force, reveal smoke billowing from multiple vessels on Monday and Tuesday.

Maritime Assets Sustained Major Losses

Among the vessels destroyed was the IRINS Makran, Iran's most sizable ship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Satellite images indicated thick smoke rising from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical reports state that at least five vessels at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Pictures of the southern part of the port depict plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while two other ships are visibly harmed, with one of them clearly on fire.

Over at the Konarak base, images display several stricken vessels, with intelligence reports pointing to impacts on a half-dozen warships. Photos from Monday also show that multiple facilities at the base have been leveled.

"For a long time the Iranian regime has disrupted global maritime traffic," an American commander stated. "At present, there is no vessel from Iran underway in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of vessels reportedly destroyed may have been obscured in satellite images by haze or plumes, or hit in open waters, and have not been conclusively proven. Other accounts stated that a ship from Iran was sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka's territorial waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Missile Bases and Nuclear Facilities Hit

The destruction of Iranian missile bases and the prevention of nuclear weapons development were listed as additional aims of the offensive. Aerial imagery also showed strikes on the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were hit.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e UAV facility west of the city of Kermanshah, significant destruction was seen to storage buildings, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Damage was also seen at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern Iran, near the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the most recent series of strikes have reportedly targeted sites at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the core of the country's nuclear programme. A global monitoring agency said that the damaged buildings were used for entry to the facility's underground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was likely.

Wider Impact and Assessment

Defense experts stated that the attacks appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's capability to carry out traditional warfare using its largest vessels. However, it was emphasised that Iran maintains the option to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The overall scale of the destruction caused to Iranian military infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with attacks said to be continuing. Photos also shows considerable damage to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

A large number of non-military structures also seem to have been hit in the capital city and throughout the country since the hostilities escalated. Toll estimates from local officials suggest that hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the strikes.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of satellite imagery will persist to track the changing military landscape.