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Multiple joint strikes has reportedly sunk or crippled at least eleven Iran's navy ships since Saturday, new satellite images demonstrate, with rocket sites and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Pictures of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas facility, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the headquarters of the Iranian navy, depict plumes of smoke rising from multiple vessels on recent days.

Naval Fleet Incurred Significant Losses

Included in the vessels destroyed was the IRINS Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had been used as a drone carrier. Satellite images displayed thick smoke pouring from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical assessments state that at least five vessels at the port were "struck or destroyed". Pictures of the southern part of the harbor depict smoke rising from the IRINS Makran, while additional ships seem to be harmed, with a single one seen burning.

Over at Konarak, images reveal numerous damaged vessels, with expert review identifying impacts on six ships. Images from Monday also demonstrate that several facilities at the base have been destroyed.

"For decades the Iranian regime has disrupted international shipping," an American commander said. "At present, there is no vessel from Iran at sea in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

Some vessels allegedly destroyed may have been hidden in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or hit in open waters, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports indicated that one Iranian ship was going down off the coast of Sri Lankan territorial waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Installations and Nuclear Facilities Targeted

Neutralizing Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of atomic bomb programs were declared as further goals of the air campaign. Satellite images also revealed strikes on the southerly Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were targeted.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site west of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was observed to sheds, underground facilities and drone launch equipment.

Destruction was also observed at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern Iran, close to the border with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the latest wave of attacks have apparently targeted installations at the Natanz complex – considered at the center of the country's nuclear programme. The UN's atomic energy body stated that the damaged buildings were used for entry to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was likely.

Broader Consequences and Assessment

Military analysts indicated that the strikes appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's capacity to sustain standard operations using its biggest warships. Nevertheless, it was stressed that Tehran maintains the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The overall extent of the destruction caused to Iranian military infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with attacks said to be ongoing. Pictures also shows widespread damage to the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

A large number of non-military structures also seem to have been hit in the capital and across Iran since the conflict started. Reports of deaths from ground sources suggest that hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the attacks.

With the conflict ongoing, monitoring of satellite imagery will continue to document the evolving scope of damage.