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Multiple joint attacks has according to analysis sunk or crippled no fewer than 11 Iranian naval vessels starting Saturday, new orbital imagery reveal, with rocket sites and enrichment plants also being targeted.

Images of the southerly Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas installation, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the main command of the Iranian navy, reveal smoke billowing from multiple ships on recent days.

Maritime Assets Incurred Substantial Damage

Among the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had served as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery indicated black smoke pouring from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical reports suggest that at least five vessels at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the southern end of the port show plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while two other ships seem to be harmed, with one of them clearly on fire.

At the Konarak base, photos show numerous harmed ships, with intelligence reports identifying damage to six ships. Pictures taken on Monday also indicate that a number of structures at the base have been leveled.

"For a long time the Iranian regime has disrupted international shipping," an American commander declared. "Now, there is not one Iranian ship at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will continue."

Some ships allegedly destroyed may have been obscured in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or struck at sea, and have not been conclusively proven. Separate reports stated that a ship from Iran was going down near Sri Lanka's waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Installations and Atomic Facilities Attacked

Eliminating Iran's rocket sites and the hindering of nuclear weapons development were declared as additional aims of the offensive. Aerial imagery also showed impacts against the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where rocket warehouses and bunkers were targeted.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was identified to storage buildings, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Damage was also noted at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern parts of the country, near the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the latest wave of attacks have apparently hit sites at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the core of Iran's nuclear programme. An international watchdog stated that the damaged buildings were used for entry to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was anticipated.

Wider Impact and Assessment

Observers stated that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval capability to conduct conventional attacks using its most significant vessels. Nevertheless, it was noted that Tehran maintains the ability to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships.

The total scope of the damage caused to Iranian military infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with strikes said to be ongoing. Pictures also indicates considerable destruction to the main offices of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

A large number of civilian buildings also appear to have been hit in the capital city and throughout Iran since the conflict escalated. Casualty figures from ground sources indicate that hundreds of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of space-based data will persist to document the evolving military landscape.