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A wave of joint attacks has reportedly destroyed or damaged a minimum of eleven Iranian naval vessels starting Saturday, recently obtained satellite images reveal, with missile bases and nuclear sites also sustaining hits.

Images of the southerly Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which is located on the Strait of Hormuz and houses the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, depict black smoke pouring from a number of vessels on recent days.

Maritime Assets Sustained Significant Damage

Included in the targets eliminated was the Makran, the country's biggest warship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery displayed thick smoke emanating from the vessel which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence evaluations suggest that no fewer than five ships at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Photos of the southern end of the port depict smoke emanating from the Makran, while another pair of ships appear to be harmed, with one of them clearly on fire.

Over at the Konarak base, photos display several stricken vessels, with expert review pointing to strikes against six vessels. Images taken on the start of the week also demonstrate that multiple structures at the base have been leveled.

"For decades the Tehran government has threatened global maritime traffic," an American commander stated. "At present, there is no vessel from Iran operational in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some ships reportedly destroyed may have been hidden in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or hit in open waters, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Additional information indicated that a ship from Iran was foundering off the coast of Sri Lanka's waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Atomic Facilities Targeted

Neutralizing Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of enrichment activities were listed as further aims of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also depicted strikes on the southern Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were targeted.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread damage was identified to sheds, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

Damage was also seen at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase in eastern Iran, near the frontier with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of attacks have apparently focused on installations at Natanz – long said to be at the core of the country's nuclear programme. A global monitoring agency said that the damaged buildings were used for access to the facility's underground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was anticipated.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Military analysts indicated that the attacks appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval ability to sustain traditional warfare using its largest vessels. However, it was emphasised that Iran maintains the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The total scope of the destruction caused to Iran's defense facilities is still uncertain, with hostilities reportedly continuing. Imagery also shows extensive damage to the headquarters of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

A large number of public facilities also seem to have been struck in the capital and across Iran since the conflict started. Reports of deaths from local officials state that 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 changing military landscape.