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A wave of joint airstrikes has allegedly destroyed or damaged no fewer than eleven warships belonging to Iran starting Saturday, freshly analyzed orbital imagery show, with launch facilities and nuclear sites also sustaining hits.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and houses the main command of the Iran's naval force, reveal black smoke pouring from a number of vessels on recent days.

Naval Assets Incurred Substantial Losses

Included in the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, the country's biggest warship which had been used as a drone carrier. Satellite images displayed dark plumes rising from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical evaluations suggest that at least five vessels at the port were "struck or destroyed". Photos of the southern part of the harbor depict plumes ascending from the Makran, while additional ships appear to be damaged, with one of them visibly ablaze.

At Konarak, photos show several stricken ships, with expert review pointing to strikes against six vessels. Pictures from the start of the week also demonstrate that multiple buildings at the installation have been leveled.

"For a long time the Iranian regime has disrupted commercial vessels," an American commander said. "Today, there is not a single Iranian vessel operational in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of ships reportedly destroyed may have been obscured in satellite images by haze or plumes, or hit in open waters, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Separate reports stated that one Iranian ship was going down off the coast of Sri Lankan waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Missile Bases and Nuclear Locations Attacked

Neutralizing Iran's rocket sites and the prevention of nuclear weapons development were declared as further objectives of the military strikes. Satellite images also revealed damage at the southerly Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were targeted.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was identified to warehouses, underground facilities and drone launch equipment.

Impact was also seen at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase in eastern Iran, near the frontier with neighboring nations.

Of particular note, the new round of attacks have reportedly hit sites at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the heart of Iran's atomic program. A global monitoring agency commented that the damaged buildings were used for entry to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was anticipated.

Broader Consequences and Assessment

Defense experts suggested that the strikes appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's capacity to carry out standard operations using its biggest warships. However, it was noted that Tehran retains the option to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, small submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of oil ships.

The total scope of the damage caused to Iran's defense infrastructure is still uncertain, with hostilities reportedly ongoing. Imagery also shows widespread destruction to the headquarters of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran.

A large number of non-military structures also seem to have been hit in the capital and throughout the country after the conflict began. Reports of deaths from ground sources suggest that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the attacks.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of satellite imagery will carry on to track the unfolding battlefield picture.