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A series of American and Israeli strikes has allegedly eliminated or harmed at least eleven Iran's navy ships starting the weekend, freshly analyzed aerial photos show, with rocket sites and atomic facilities also sustaining hits.

Photographs of the southern Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas facility, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, depict smoke billowing from a number of ships on the start of the week.

Naval Assets Sustained Significant Damage

Included in the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery showed thick smoke rising from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence assessments suggest that no fewer than five ships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the south end of the port depict smoke rising from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of ships are visibly impacted, with a single one visibly ablaze.

Over at Konarak, photos show numerous stricken vessels, with intelligence reports identifying strikes against six ships. Images taken on Monday also demonstrate that a number of structures at the base have been demolished.

"For many years the Tehran government has disrupted global maritime traffic," an American commander declared. "Today, there is not one Iranian vessel underway in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

Some ships allegedly destroyed may have been obscured in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts suggested that a ship from Iran was foundering near Sri Lankan waters, leading to a rescue operation.

Rocket Installations and Nuclear Facilities Targeted

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the prevention of atomic bomb programs were stated as further objectives of the air campaign. Satellite images also revealed strikes on the southerly Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were hit.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility to the west of the city of Kermanshah, significant damage was identified to sheds, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems.

Damage was also observed at a radar installation at the Zahedan military airport in eastern Iran, near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the most recent series of strikes have reportedly hit sites at Natanz – widely believed to be at the core of the country's nuclear programme. The UN's atomic energy body said that the affected structures were used for entry to the site's underground nuclear plant and that "no radiological consequence" was anticipated.

Broader Consequences and Analysis

Defense experts suggested that the attacks appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's capability to carry out standard operations using its biggest warships. But, it was stressed that Tehran maintains the option to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The overall extent of the damage caused to Iran's defense infrastructure remains unclear, with hostilities said to be continuing. Pictures also reveals considerable damage to the headquarters of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

A large number of public facilities also appear to have been struck in the capital and across Iran since the hostilities began. Reports of deaths from local officials suggest that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the attacks.

As the situation develops, review of aerial photographs will carry on to document the unfolding military landscape.