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A wave of joint airstrikes has allegedly sunk or crippled no fewer than eleven Iran's navy ships starting Saturday, recently obtained orbital imagery demonstrate, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also sustaining hits.

Images of the southerly Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, depict black smoke pouring from multiple warships on recent days.

Maritime Fleet Sustained Significant Damage

Included in the ships sunk was the Makran, Iran's most sizable ship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery displayed thick smoke pouring from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments suggest that no fewer than five ships at the port were "hit or sunk". Pictures of the south end of the port depict smoke rising from the Makran, while two other ships are visibly impacted, with a single one clearly on fire.

At Konarak, photos reveal multiple harmed ships, with expert review identifying damage to a half-dozen warships. Photos from Monday also show that several structures at the base have been leveled.

"For many years the Tehran government has threatened international shipping," an American commander stated. "At present, there is not a single vessel from Iran underway in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of ships allegedly destroyed may have been obscured in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or hit in open waters, and have not been conclusively proven. Additional information suggested that one Iranian ship was foundering near Sri Lanka's waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Missile Sites and Nuclear Facilities Targeted

Neutralizing Tehran's launch facilities and the stopping enrichment activities were listed as other objectives of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also revealed strikes on the southern Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where missile storage facilities and fortifications were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e UAV facility to the west of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was seen to storage buildings, underground facilities and UAV launching apparatus.

Impact was also seen at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase in eastern Iran, close to the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of strikes have reportedly targeted sites at the Natanz complex – considered at the heart of Iran's enrichment efforts. The UN's atomic energy body stated that the affected buildings were used for access to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Broader Fallout and Analysis

Military analysts indicated that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval ability to sustain conventional attacks using its largest vessels. Nevertheless, it was emphasised that Iran still has the capacity to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, midget subs and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships.

The overall scale of the destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure is still uncertain, with strikes reportedly continuing. Pictures also indicates extensive destruction to the main offices of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also appear to have been hit in the capital city and across the country since the hostilities started. Toll estimates from inside Iran suggest that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been killed in the attacks.

As the situation develops, review of aerial photographs will persist to document the changing military landscape.