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Multiple US and Israeli airstrikes has according to analysis eliminated or harmed at least 11 Iran's navy ships since the weekend, new orbital imagery reveal, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Images of the southern Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which is located on the Strait of Hormuz and is home to the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, show plumes of smoke rising from multiple vessels on recent days.

Naval Forces Incurred Substantial Losses

Among the vessels destroyed was the Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery displayed thick smoke rising from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence assessments indicate that no fewer than five ships at the port were "struck or destroyed". Photos of the southern part of the port reveal smoke rising from the Makran, while additional vessels seem to be damaged, with one seen burning.

Over at the Konarak base, photos show several stricken ships, with analysis pointing to damage to six ships. Images from the start of the week also demonstrate that multiple buildings at the installation have been destroyed.

"For many years the Tehran government has harassed global maritime traffic," an American commander declared. "Now, there is no Iranian vessel at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some vessels reportedly sunk may have been obscured in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or hit in open waters, and have not been conclusively proven. Separate reports suggested that a ship from Iran was sinking near Sri Lankan waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Missile Sites and Atomic Facilities Attacked

Neutralizing Iran's rocket sites and the hindering of atomic bomb programs were declared as other goals of the offensive. Satellite images also revealed damage at the southerly Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site to the west of Kermanshah, significant damage was seen to warehouses, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

Impact was also seen at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase in eastern Iran, near the frontier with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the latest wave of attacks have apparently focused on facilities at the Natanz complex – considered at the center of Iran's nuclear programme. A global monitoring agency said that the damaged buildings were used for access to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was expected.

Wider Consequences and Assessment

Defense experts indicated that the strikes appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's capability to carry out conventional attacks using its biggest vessels. However, it was emphasised that Tehran still has the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The overall scale of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities reportedly ongoing. Photos also reveals widespread destruction to the main offices of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also appear to have been damaged in the capital and throughout Iran since the fighting started. Toll estimates from local officials suggest that hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the strikes.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of aerial photographs will continue to assess the unfolding battlefield picture.