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A series of joint strikes has allegedly eliminated or harmed no fewer than 11 Iran's navy ships since Saturday, new orbital imagery show, with launch facilities and enrichment plants also sustaining hits.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas facility, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and is home to the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict black smoke pouring from a number of warships on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Forces Sustained Substantial Losses

Included in the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had served as a drone carrier. Satellite images showed dark plumes rising from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence evaluations suggest that at least five ships at the port were "struck or destroyed". Imagery of the southern end of the port depict smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while two other ships seem to be damaged, with a single one clearly on fire.

Over at Konarak, images display multiple harmed ships, with expert review identifying impacts on six ships. Pictures from Monday also demonstrate that multiple structures at the base have been demolished.

"For many years the Tehran government has threatened commercial vessels," a senior US military official said. "Today, there is not a single Iranian ship underway in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of vessels allegedly sunk may have been obscured in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or struck at sea, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Separate reports indicated that a ship from Iran was sinking near Sri Lankan territorial waters, prompting a rescue operation.

Missile Installations and Nuclear Facilities Attacked

The destruction of Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of enrichment activities were declared as further aims of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also revealed strikes on the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site west of the city of Kermanshah, significant damage was seen to sheds, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Impact was also seen at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern parts of the country, close to the frontier with neighboring nations.

Of particular note, the new round of attacks have apparently focused on sites at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the heart of the country's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency stated that the damaged structures were used for access to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Broader Fallout and Analysis

Observers stated that the offensive appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's capacity to conduct standard operations using its largest warships. Nevertheless, it was stressed that Iran retains the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The full extent of the damage caused to Iranian military infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities reportedly continuing. Imagery also indicates widespread damage to the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

A large number of civilian buildings also appear to have been hit in the capital city and across Iran since the fighting started. Casualty figures from local officials state that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the bombardment.

With the conflict ongoing, analysis of space-based data will carry on to assess the changing battlefield picture.