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A wave of US and Israeli airstrikes has reportedly eliminated or harmed at least eleven Iran's navy ships starting the weekend, recently obtained satellite images demonstrate, with launch facilities and enrichment plants also sustaining hits.

Images of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas installation, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict smoke billowing from several warships on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Assets Incurred Substantial Losses

Included in the targets eliminated was the Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had been used as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery showed thick smoke rising from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence reports indicate that at least a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Pictures of the southern part of the port show smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while additional vessels seem to be harmed, with one of them clearly on fire.

Over at Konarak, images display numerous damaged vessels, with intelligence reports pointing to impacts on a half-dozen warships. Images from Monday also show that multiple buildings at the base have been leveled.

"For many years the Iran's leadership has threatened international shipping," the head of US Central Command stated. "Now, there is no Iranian ship operational in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will persist."

Some ships reportedly destroyed may have been concealed in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or targeted offshore, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Separate reports suggested that a ship from Iran was sinking off the coast of Sri Lankan waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Missile Installations and Nuclear Locations Hit

The destruction of Iran's rocket sites and the stopping nuclear weapons development were declared as further objectives of the military strikes. Satellite images also showed damage at the southern Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility west of Kermanshah, extensive damage was identified to storage buildings, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

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

Of particular note, the most recent series of attacks have reportedly targeted facilities at the Natanz complex – considered at the heart of Iran's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency commented that the damaged structures were used for access to the site's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no release of radioactive material" was anticipated.

Wider Impact and Analysis

Defense experts suggested that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval capacity to conduct traditional warfare using its biggest vessels. However, it was emphasised that Iran retains the option to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, small submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The full scale of the destruction caused to Iran's defense facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with attacks said to be ongoing. Imagery also indicates widespread damage to the main offices of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

A significant number of non-military structures also seem to have been damaged in the capital and throughout the country since the fighting started. Casualty figures from local officials indicate that hundreds of civilians may have been fatally injured in the bombardment.

With the conflict ongoing, review of space-based data will persist to document the evolving military landscape.