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A wave of American and Israeli airstrikes has according to analysis eliminated or harmed at least 11 warships belonging to Iran since Saturday, recently obtained aerial photos reveal, with missile bases and enrichment plants also coming under fire.

Images of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas facility, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and houses the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict plumes of smoke rising from multiple ships on recent days.

Naval Assets Incurred Significant Damage

Among the ships sunk was the Makran, the country's biggest warship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images indicated dark plumes pouring from the vessel which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence assessments indicate that at least five ships at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Photos of the southern part of the port depict smoke emanating from the Makran, while another pair of ships seem to be damaged, with a single one clearly on fire.

Over at the Konarak base, images show multiple harmed vessels, with expert review pointing to damage to a half-dozen warships. Photos taken on Monday also indicate that multiple structures at the base have been leveled.

"For decades the Tehran government has harassed commercial vessels," an American commander declared. "At present, there is not one vessel from Iran at sea in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of ships allegedly sunk may have been concealed in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or struck at sea, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports stated that a ship from Iran was going down off the coast of Sri Lankan territorial waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Missile Installations and Atomic Facilities Hit

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the hindering of atomic bomb programs were declared as other aims of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also revealed damage at the southerly Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site to the west of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was seen to warehouses, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Impact was also seen at a radar installation at the Zahedan military airport in eastern Iran, near the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the most recent series of attacks have reportedly hit installations at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the center of Iran's nuclear programme. The UN's atomic energy body stated that the damaged structures were used for access to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was anticipated.

Broader Consequences and Analysis

Military analysts stated that the attacks appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's capability to conduct traditional warfare using its biggest vessels. However, it was emphasised that Iran retains the capacity to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of drones, midget subs and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The overall extent of the damage caused to Iran's defense facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities reportedly continuing. Photos also shows extensive destruction to the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also are reported to have been struck in the capital city and throughout the country since the fighting began. Toll estimates from inside Iran suggest that a high number of civilians may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

With the conflict ongoing, analysis of satellite imagery will carry on to document the evolving battlefield picture.