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A wave of US and Israeli attacks has according to analysis destroyed or damaged a minimum of eleven Iranian naval vessels since the weekend, freshly analyzed satellite images demonstrate, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

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

Naval Forces Sustained Significant Losses

Included in the vessels destroyed was the Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had served as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images displayed black smoke rising from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence evaluations indicate that no fewer than five vessels at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Pictures of the south end of the harbor depict plumes ascending from the Makran, while another pair of vessels seem to be harmed, with one of them clearly on fire.

Over at the Konarak base, photos show numerous harmed ships, with expert review pointing to damage to six vessels. Images taken on the start of the week also show that multiple facilities at the installation have been demolished.

"For a long time the Iranian regime has disrupted global maritime traffic," a senior US military official stated. "Now, there is not one Iranian ship at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of ships reportedly sunk may have been concealed in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or struck at sea, and have not been conclusively proven. Other accounts indicated that one Iranian ship was foundering near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Atomic Facilities Targeted

Neutralizing Tehran's launch facilities and the stopping atomic bomb programs were listed as other objectives of the air campaign. Satellite images also depicted impacts against the southerly Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were hit.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base west of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was seen to storage buildings, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems.

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

Perhaps most notably, the new round of attacks have apparently hit sites at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the core of the country's atomic program. An international watchdog said that the damaged buildings were used for access to the site's underground nuclear plant and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Defense experts stated that the strikes appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval capability to sustain conventional attacks using its biggest warships. But, it was emphasised that Tehran still has the ability to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The total extent of the damage caused to Iran's defense facilities remains unclear, with attacks reportedly persisting. Imagery also reveals widespread destruction to the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of non-military structures also seem to have been struck in the capital city and across Iran after the fighting began. Reports of deaths from ground sources indicate that hundreds of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the bombardment.

Amid continuing hostilities, review of space-based data will carry on to assess the changing battlefield picture.