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A series of joint attacks has according to analysis eliminated or harmed a minimum of 11 Iranian naval vessels starting Saturday, recently obtained aerial photos demonstrate, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Images of the southern Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the main command of the Iran's naval force, show smoke billowing from several warships on the start of the week.

Maritime Fleet Incurred Significant Damage

Included in the ships sunk was the Makran, the country's biggest warship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Satellite images displayed thick smoke pouring from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence evaluations indicate that no fewer than a quintet of warships at the port were "hit or sunk". Pictures of the southern end of the harbor reveal smoke rising from the IRINS Makran, while additional ships seem to be harmed, with one of them seen burning.

Over at the Konarak base, photos reveal multiple stricken vessels, with expert review pointing to damage to six ships. Pictures taken on the start of the week also show that a number of structures at the base have been destroyed.

"For decades the Iranian regime has harassed global maritime traffic," the head of US Central Command declared. "Today, there is not a single vessel from Iran at sea in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of vessels reportedly destroyed may have been concealed in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts stated that a ship from Iran was going down near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Missile Installations and Atomic Locations Targeted

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the hindering of nuclear weapons development were stated as additional aims of the air campaign. Satellite images also showed damage at the southern Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were targeted.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site to the west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was observed to sheds, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems.

Impact was also seen at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern Iran, near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the latest wave of strikes have apparently hit sites at Natanz – widely believed to be at the core of Iran's enrichment efforts. An international watchdog said that the affected buildings were used for access to the site's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was likely.

Broader Consequences and Assessment

Defense experts suggested that the attacks appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval ability to sustain standard operations using its biggest warships. But, it was emphasised that Tehran retains the option to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of oil ships.

The total scale of the destruction caused to Iranian military infrastructure is still uncertain, with attacks reportedly persisting. Photos also shows considerable damage to the main offices of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also are reported to have been hit in the capital and throughout the country since the fighting started. Reports of deaths from inside Iran indicate that hundreds of civilians may have been lost their lives in the strikes.

As the situation develops, monitoring of aerial photographs will persist to assess the changing battlefield picture.