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A wave of American and Israeli strikes has according to analysis eliminated or harmed a minimum of eleven warships belonging to Iran starting the weekend, freshly analyzed aerial photos show, with launch facilities and nuclear sites also sustaining hits.

Images of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas facility, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the main command of the Iranian navy, show smoke billowing from a number of ships on the start of the week.

Naval Fleet Sustained Substantial Losses

Included in the ships sunk was the Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery displayed thick smoke rising from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence evaluations suggest that no fewer than five vessels at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Photos of the southern end of the port reveal smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while two other vessels seem to be impacted, with one of them clearly on fire.

At Konarak, images reveal multiple harmed vessels, with expert review identifying damage to six vessels. Pictures taken on the start of the week also show that multiple facilities at the base have been leveled.

"For many years the Tehran government has disrupted commercial vessels," the head of US Central Command stated. "Today, there is no Iranian vessel at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of ships allegedly destroyed may have been hidden in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or hit in open waters, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts indicated that a ship from Iran was going down near Sri Lankan territorial waters, leading to a rescue operation.

Missile Bases and Nuclear Locations Attacked

Neutralizing Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of nuclear weapons development were declared as other aims of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also depicted impacts against the southern Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where rocket warehouses and bunkers were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site west of the city of Kermanshah, significant destruction was seen to sheds, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

Destruction was also seen at a surveillance station at the Zahedan military airport in eastern Iran, close to the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Of particular note, the most recent series of attacks have reportedly hit installations at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the center of Iran's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency commented that the damaged structures were used for access to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Broader Impact and Assessment

Observers stated that the attacks appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's ability to carry out traditional warfare using its largest vessels. However, it was emphasised that Tehran maintains the ability to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, small submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The overall scale of the destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure is still uncertain, with strikes reportedly ongoing. Imagery also reveals widespread damage to the headquarters of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

A significant number of non-military structures also appear to have been damaged in the capital and throughout Iran after the conflict started. Toll estimates from ground sources state that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the bombardment.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of space-based data will carry on to track the unfolding battlefield picture.