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Multiple joint strikes has according to analysis sunk or crippled no fewer than eleven Iran's navy ships since the weekend, freshly analyzed orbital imagery demonstrate, with launch facilities and enrichment plants also being targeted.

Photographs of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict smoke billowing from several ships on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Forces Incurred Substantial Damage

Among the targets eliminated was the Makran, the country's biggest warship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Satellite images displayed black smoke pouring from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence evaluations suggest that at least five ships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Pictures of the south end of the port show plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while additional vessels seem to be impacted, with one clearly on fire.

At the Konarak base, images show numerous stricken vessels, with expert review pointing to damage to six vessels. Images taken on the start of the week also demonstrate that multiple structures at the installation have been destroyed.

"For decades the Iran's leadership has disrupted commercial vessels," an American commander said. "Now, there is not a single Iranian vessel operational in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of ships allegedly destroyed may have been obscured in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or hit in open waters, and have not been independently verified. Additional information indicated that one Iranian ship was going down near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Facilities Targeted

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the hindering of nuclear weapons development were declared as additional objectives of the offensive. Satellite images also depicted strikes on the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were targeted.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive damage was identified to warehouses, underground facilities and drone launch equipment.

Destruction was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan military airport in eastern Iran, close to the frontier with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the new round of strikes have apparently focused on facilities at Natanz – widely believed to be at the center of the country's nuclear programme. The UN's atomic energy body stated that the affected structures were used for entry to the site's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no release of radioactive material" was anticipated.

Wider Impact and Assessment

Military analysts indicated that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval capacity to sustain conventional attacks using its biggest vessels. But, it was emphasised that Iran retains the ability to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The total scale of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities remains unclear, with strikes reportedly ongoing. Pictures also indicates widespread destruction to the headquarters of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

A large number of public facilities also appear to have been hit in the capital and throughout Iran since the conflict began. Toll estimates from inside Iran indicate that a high number of civilians may have been killed in the strikes.

As the situation develops, review of satellite imagery will continue to assess the changing military landscape.