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A series of American and Israeli strikes has reportedly sunk or crippled a minimum of 11 warships belonging to Iran since Saturday, recently obtained orbital imagery show, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and houses the main command of the Iranian navy, depict black smoke pouring from multiple warships on recent days.

Naval Forces Sustained Significant Losses

Included in the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery showed black smoke emanating from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence evaluations state that no fewer than five vessels at the port were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the southern end of the port reveal smoke rising from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of ships seem to be harmed, with a single one visibly ablaze.

At Konarak, images reveal multiple damaged vessels, with expert review pointing to strikes against a half-dozen warships. Images taken on the start of the week also show that multiple buildings at the installation have been demolished.

"For decades the Tehran government has harassed global maritime traffic," an American commander stated. "Today, there is not a single Iranian vessel operational in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of vessels reportedly destroyed may have been obscured in satellite images by haze or plumes, or struck at sea, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts suggested that an Iranian vessel was foundering off the coast of Sri Lankan territorial waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Missile Installations and Atomic Facilities Attacked

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the hindering of atomic bomb programs were stated as additional aims of the air campaign. Satellite images also showed impacts against the southern Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were hit.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e UAV facility west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread damage was seen to warehouses, underground facilities and drone launch equipment.

Impact was also observed at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern parts of the country, close to the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Of particular note, the most recent series of attacks have apparently focused on facilities at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the core of Iran's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency commented that the affected structures were used for entry to the facility's underground nuclear plant and that "no release of radioactive material" was expected.

Wider Consequences and Analysis

Observers stated that the offensive appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's capacity to sustain traditional warfare using its most significant warships. However, it was noted that Tehran maintains the ability to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The overall scale of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities is still uncertain, with strikes said to be ongoing. Photos also indicates widespread damage to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

A large number of civilian buildings also are reported to have been hit in the capital and across Iran after the conflict escalated. Reports of deaths from ground sources indicate that a high number of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the attacks.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of space-based data will persist to document the evolving battlefield picture.