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Multiple joint strikes has according to analysis sunk or crippled a minimum of eleven Iran's navy ships since the weekend, new satellite images show, with missile bases and enrichment plants also coming under fire.

Images of the southerly Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the main command of the Iranian navy, reveal black smoke pouring from a number of vessels on recent days.

Naval Assets Sustained Major Losses

Among the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a drone carrier. Satellite images displayed black smoke emanating from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence assessments indicate that at least five ships at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Photos of the southern end of the port show smoke emanating from the Makran, while two other ships appear to be harmed, with a single one clearly on fire.

At Konarak, images reveal multiple harmed ships, with expert review identifying strikes against a half-dozen warships. Images taken on Monday also indicate that multiple buildings at the installation have been leveled.

"For many years the Iran's leadership has harassed international shipping," the head of US Central Command stated. "Today, there is not one Iranian ship operational in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of ships reportedly destroyed may have been concealed in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or struck at sea, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports stated that one Iranian ship was going down off the coast of Sri Lanka's territorial waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Missile Installations and Nuclear Locations Hit

Neutralizing Iranian missile bases and the stopping nuclear weapons development were declared as further aims of the offensive. Aerial imagery also showed strikes on the southern Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where missile storage facilities and fortifications were targeted.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone base to the west of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was identified to sheds, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems.

Damage was also seen at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase in eastern Iran, near the frontier with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the most recent series of strikes have reportedly hit installations at the Natanz complex – considered at the center of Iran's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency stated that the damaged buildings were used for access to the site's underground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Wider Consequences and Analysis

Military analysts stated that the attacks appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval capability to carry out traditional warfare using its most significant warships. But, it was emphasised that Iran maintains the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, small submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of oil ships.

The overall scale of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with strikes reportedly ongoing. Pictures also shows considerable destruction to the command center of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

A large number of public facilities also seem to have been damaged in the capital and across Iran after the hostilities escalated. Reports of deaths from local officials suggest that a high number of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

With the conflict ongoing, analysis of aerial photographs will continue to assess the unfolding battlefield picture.