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A wave of US and Israeli airstrikes has allegedly eliminated or harmed no fewer than eleven Iran's navy ships starting the weekend, new satellite images reveal, with launch facilities and nuclear sites also coming under fire.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and contains the main command of the Iranian navy, reveal plumes of smoke rising from several warships on the start of the week.

Naval Fleet Incurred Substantial Damage

Among the vessels destroyed was the Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos showed dark plumes emanating from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments state that no fewer than five ships at the port were "struck or destroyed". Pictures of the southern part of the port reveal plumes ascending from the Makran, while additional ships appear to be impacted, with one of them seen burning.

At Konarak, photos reveal multiple damaged vessels, with expert review pointing to impacts on six ships. Photos taken on Monday also indicate that a number of structures at the installation have been leveled.

"For a long time the Iranian regime has harassed commercial vessels," a senior US military official stated. "At present, there is not a single Iranian ship at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

Some vessels reportedly destroyed may have been obscured in satellite images by haze or plumes, or struck at sea, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Additional information stated that an Iranian vessel was going down near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Missile Installations and Nuclear Locations Attacked

The destruction of Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of nuclear weapons development were declared as additional goals of the offensive. Aerial imagery also depicted impacts against the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile facilities, 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 Kermanshah, widespread destruction was seen to warehouses, underground facilities and UAV launching apparatus.

Destruction was also observed at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern parts of the country, close to the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the new round of strikes have apparently targeted installations at Natanz – considered at the center of Iran's atomic program. A global monitoring agency said that the affected structures were used for access to the facility's underground nuclear plant and that "no release of radioactive material" was likely.

Wider Impact and Analysis

Observers suggested that the strikes appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval ability to conduct standard operations using its largest vessels. Nevertheless, it was noted that Iran maintains the capacity to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The total scope of the destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure is still uncertain, with attacks reportedly persisting. Photos also indicates extensive damage to the command center of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

A significant number of non-military structures also are reported to have been hit in the capital and across Iran after the hostilities began. Casualty figures from local officials suggest that hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the bombardment.

As the situation develops, analysis of satellite imagery will persist to document the unfolding battlefield picture.