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Multiple American and Israeli attacks has according to analysis sunk or crippled at least 11 warships belonging to Iran since Saturday, new orbital imagery show, with launch facilities and nuclear sites also being targeted.

Photographs of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas installation, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, depict smoke billowing from a number of warships on the start of the week.

Naval Assets Incurred Significant Losses

Included in the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images indicated thick smoke pouring from the vessel which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical evaluations state that no fewer than a quintet of warships at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Photos of the southern end of the harbor depict plumes ascending from the Makran, while another pair of vessels appear to be damaged, with one clearly on fire.

Over at the Konarak base, images display several stricken vessels, with intelligence reports identifying damage to six vessels. Pictures taken on the start of the week also indicate that several buildings at the base have been leveled.

"For many years the Iran's leadership has threatened international shipping," a senior US military official stated. "At present, there is no Iranian vessel underway in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will continue."

Some ships allegedly sunk may have been concealed in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or hit in open waters, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports stated that an Iranian vessel was going down off the coast of Sri Lanka's waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Rocket Bases and Nuclear Facilities Attacked

Neutralizing Iranian missile bases and the stopping atomic bomb programs were stated as other objectives of the military strikes. Satellite images also showed impacts against the southern Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site west of the city of Kermanshah, significant destruction was seen to storage buildings, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems.

Damage was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern Iran, close to the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the most recent series of attacks have reportedly targeted sites at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the heart of Iran's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency stated that the damaged structures were used for access to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was likely.

Wider Impact and Assessment

Military analysts stated that the strikes appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval capability to carry out standard operations using its biggest vessels. However, it was emphasised that Tehran still has the option to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The total scale of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities remains unclear, with attacks said to be persisting. Photos also indicates extensive destruction to the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of non-military structures also seem to have been struck in the capital city and across Iran after the conflict began. Casualty figures from ground sources suggest that a high number of non-combatants may have been killed in the strikes.

As the situation develops, monitoring of space-based data will carry on to assess the changing battlefield picture.