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A wave of American and Israeli airstrikes has allegedly eliminated or harmed at least eleven Iran's navy ships starting Saturday, freshly analyzed aerial photos reveal, with launch facilities and enrichment plants also being targeted.

Pictures of the southern Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and is home to the headquarters of the Iranian navy, reveal black smoke pouring from multiple ships on recent days.

Maritime Forces Incurred Significant Damage

Included in the vessels destroyed was the Makran, Iran's most sizable ship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Orbital photos indicated thick smoke emanating from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence reports suggest that at least a quintet of warships at the port were "struck or destroyed". Photos of the southern part of the harbor reveal smoke rising from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of vessels are visibly damaged, with one of them clearly on fire.

Over at Konarak, photos reveal numerous damaged ships, with analysis pointing to impacts on six ships. Photos from Monday also show that a number of facilities at the installation have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has disrupted international shipping," an American commander said. "Today, there is not one Iranian vessel operational in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of ships allegedly destroyed may have been concealed in satellite images by haze or plumes, or targeted offshore, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts suggested that one Iranian ship was sinking off the coast of Sri Lankan territorial waters, prompting a rescue operation.

Rocket Bases and Nuclear Locations Hit

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the hindering of enrichment activities were stated as additional objectives of the air campaign. Satellite images also revealed impacts against the southern Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where missile storage facilities and fortifications were struck.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was seen to sheds, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

Impact was also noted at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern parts of the country, near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the most recent series of strikes have reportedly targeted facilities at Natanz – widely believed to be at the core of the country's enrichment efforts. The UN's atomic energy body commented that the affected buildings were used for entry to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Wider Consequences and Assessment

Military analysts suggested that the strikes appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval capability to sustain traditional warfare using its biggest vessels. However, it was emphasised that Iran still has the option to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The total scale of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities reportedly continuing. Imagery also reveals considerable damage to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of public facilities also are reported to have been hit in the capital city and throughout the country since the hostilities began. Toll estimates from inside Iran state that a high number of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the attacks.

As the situation develops, analysis of satellite imagery will persist to track the unfolding military landscape.