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A series of American and Israeli airstrikes has reportedly sunk or crippled no fewer than eleven warships belonging to Iran since Saturday, new aerial photos reveal, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also sustaining hits.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, show plumes of smoke rising from multiple vessels on the start of the week.

Naval Assets Incurred Major Losses

Among the vessels destroyed was the Makran, Iran's most sizable ship which had been used as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery showed dark plumes emanating from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence evaluations indicate that at least five ships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Photos of the south end of the harbor depict plumes ascending from the Makran, while additional vessels appear to be harmed, with one visibly ablaze.

Over at Konarak, images show numerous harmed vessels, with analysis identifying impacts on six vessels. Images taken on the start of the week also demonstrate that multiple facilities at the base have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Iranian regime has disrupted commercial vessels," a senior US military official said. "Today, there is not one vessel from Iran operational in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of vessels reportedly destroyed may have been concealed in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or struck at sea, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports stated that an Iranian vessel was going down off the coast of Sri Lanka's territorial waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Missile Bases and Atomic Locations Attacked

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the hindering of enrichment activities were declared as further aims of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also depicted damage at the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where missile storage facilities and fortifications were targeted.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base to the west of Kermanshah, extensive damage was identified to warehouses, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

Impact was also noted at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern parts of the country, close to the border with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of strikes have reportedly targeted sites at Natanz – considered at the core of the country's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency commented that the damaged buildings were used for access to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was anticipated.

Broader Fallout and Analysis

Defense experts stated that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval ability to sustain standard operations using its most significant warships. But, it was emphasised that Iran still has the option to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The full extent of the destruction caused to Iran's defense facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities reportedly ongoing. Imagery also indicates extensive damage to the headquarters of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of public facilities also are reported to have been damaged in the capital city and across Iran since the fighting began. Casualty figures from local officials state that hundreds of civilians may have been lost their lives in the attacks.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of aerial photographs will persist to track the unfolding military landscape.