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A wave of joint strikes has allegedly destroyed or damaged no fewer than 11 warships belonging to Iran starting Saturday, recently obtained orbital imagery reveal, with launch facilities and enrichment plants also sustaining hits.

Pictures of the southern Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas facility, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the main command of the Iranian navy, reveal plumes of smoke rising from a number of warships on the start of the week.

Maritime Fleet Incurred Significant Losses

Included in the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had been used as a drone carrier. Satellite images displayed dark plumes emanating from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical assessments suggest that at least five vessels at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Photos of the southern part of the port show plumes ascending from the Makran, while additional vessels appear to be impacted, with a single one seen burning.

Over at Konarak, images display multiple damaged vessels, with analysis pointing to strikes against six ships. Pictures taken on Monday also indicate that several structures at the base have been leveled.

"For a long time the Tehran government has harassed commercial vessels," a senior US military official stated. "At present, there is no Iranian ship underway in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

Some vessels reportedly sunk may have been hidden in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or hit in open waters, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts indicated that a ship from Iran was going down off the coast of Sri Lankan waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Locations Hit

Eliminating Iran's rocket sites and the stopping atomic bomb programs were declared as further goals of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also showed damage at the southern Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were targeted.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e unmanned aircraft site to the west of the city of Kermanshah, significant damage was observed to sheds, underground facilities and drone launch equipment.

Destruction was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan military airport in eastern parts of the country, near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Of particular note, the new round of attacks have reportedly targeted installations at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the core of the country's nuclear programme. A global monitoring agency said that the damaged structures were used for access to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was expected.

Broader Impact and Assessment

Military analysts stated that the attacks appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval capacity to sustain standard operations using its biggest warships. However, it was stressed that Iran retains the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, midget subs and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The total scope of the damage caused to Iran's defense facilities remains unclear, with strikes said to be ongoing. Pictures also reveals extensive damage to the command center of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of non-military structures also are reported to have been damaged in the capital and across Iran after the conflict escalated. Casualty figures from local officials suggest that many hundreds of civilians may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

With the conflict ongoing, review of space-based data will persist to document the unfolding military landscape.