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A wave of joint attacks has allegedly destroyed or damaged no fewer than 11 Iranian naval vessels since Saturday, freshly analyzed aerial photos show, with missile bases and nuclear sites also being targeted.

Images of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, depict black smoke pouring from a number of ships on the start of the week.

Naval Assets Incurred Significant Damage

Included in the targets eliminated was the Makran, the country's biggest warship which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos displayed dark plumes rising from the vessel which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical reports suggest that no fewer than five ships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Pictures of the southern end of the port depict smoke emanating from the Makran, while another pair of ships seem to be impacted, with one of them clearly on fire.

Over at the Konarak base, images display numerous harmed vessels, with intelligence reports identifying strikes against six vessels. Images taken on Monday also show that multiple facilities at the installation have been leveled.

"For a long time the Tehran government has disrupted commercial vessels," an American commander stated. "Today, there is not a single Iranian ship operational in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of vessels allegedly sunk may have been obscured in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or hit in open waters, and have not been conclusively proven. Separate reports indicated that a ship from Iran was sinking near Sri Lankan territorial waters, leading to a rescue operation.

Rocket Bases and Atomic Locations Attacked

Eliminating Iran's rocket sites and the stopping nuclear weapons development were stated as further goals of the offensive. Satellite images also revealed strikes on the southern Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where rocket warehouses and bunkers were struck.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility to the west of Kermanshah, extensive damage was observed to sheds, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

Damage was also seen at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern Iran, near the border with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the new round of strikes have reportedly focused on installations at Natanz – widely believed to be at the center of the country's nuclear programme. The UN's atomic energy body commented that the affected structures were used for access to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was anticipated.

Broader Consequences and Assessment

Observers suggested that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's capacity to sustain conventional attacks using its largest vessels. Nevertheless, it was stressed that Iran retains the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships.

The total scope of the damage caused to Iran's defense infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with attacks said to be continuing. Photos also indicates widespread destruction to the headquarters of the the IRGC in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of non-military structures also are reported to have been hit in the capital city and across Iran since the fighting started. Casualty figures from local officials state that a high number of civilians may have been fatally injured in the bombardment.

With the conflict ongoing, review of aerial photographs will carry on to document the evolving battlefield picture.