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A wave of joint strikes has according to analysis sunk or crippled at least eleven warships belonging to Iran starting the weekend, recently obtained satellite images show, with rocket sites and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas facility, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and houses the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, show black smoke pouring from multiple warships on recent days.

Naval Assets Incurred Substantial Damage

Among the vessels destroyed was the IRINS Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Satellite images indicated thick smoke emanating from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical assessments state that at least a quintet of warships at the port were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the southern part of the harbor depict smoke emanating from the Makran, while additional vessels seem to be impacted, with one seen burning.

Over at Konarak, photos show multiple harmed vessels, with analysis identifying impacts on a half-dozen warships. Pictures from Monday also indicate that multiple facilities at the installation have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Tehran government has threatened global maritime traffic," a senior US military official declared. "Today, there is not a single Iranian vessel underway in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of ships allegedly destroyed may have been obscured in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or hit in open waters, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Separate reports indicated that a ship from Iran was sinking off the coast of Sri Lankan territorial waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Facilities Targeted

Neutralizing Iranian missile bases and the stopping atomic bomb programs were listed as other objectives of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also showed damage at the southern Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e UAV facility west of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was identified to storage buildings, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

Impact was also seen at a radar site at the Zahedan military airport in eastern parts of the country, close to the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the latest wave of strikes have apparently targeted facilities at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the core of Iran's nuclear programme. An international watchdog said that the damaged buildings were used for access to the site's underground nuclear plant and that "no radiological consequence" was anticipated.

Wider Impact and Analysis

Defense experts stated that the offensive appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval capability to sustain standard operations using its most significant vessels. Nevertheless, it was noted that Iran still has the ability to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of drones, midget subs and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The overall scope of the damage caused to Iran's defense facilities is still uncertain, with hostilities reportedly ongoing. Photos also indicates considerable destruction to the command center of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

A significant number of public facilities also seem to have been hit in the capital city and across Iran after the hostilities started. Casualty figures from ground sources suggest that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the bombardment.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of satellite imagery will persist to document the changing military landscape.