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Multiple US and Israeli strikes has according to analysis eliminated or harmed no fewer than eleven Iran's navy ships since the weekend, recently obtained satellite images show, with rocket sites and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

Pictures of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the main command of the Iranian navy, depict plumes of smoke rising from multiple ships on the start of the week.

Naval Fleet Incurred Substantial Damage

Among the ships sunk was the Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had been used as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery displayed black smoke rising from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence reports indicate that no fewer than five ships at the port were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the southern part of the harbor show plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of ships appear to be harmed, with a single one clearly on fire.

At the Konarak base, photos show several damaged vessels, with intelligence reports identifying impacts on six vessels. Pictures taken on the start of the week also demonstrate that multiple structures at the installation have been leveled.

"For a long time the Tehran government has disrupted global maritime traffic," the head of US Central Command said. "Today, there is not one Iranian vessel at sea in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of ships reportedly sunk may have been hidden in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or targeted offshore, and have not been conclusively proven. Other accounts indicated that one Iranian ship was sinking off the coast of Sri Lankan waters, prompting a rescue operation.

Rocket Installations and Nuclear Locations Targeted

Neutralizing Tehran's launch facilities and the stopping enrichment activities were listed as further aims of the military strikes. Satellite images also depicted damage at the southern Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were hit.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e UAV facility to the west of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was seen to warehouses, underground facilities and UAV launching apparatus.

Impact was also noted at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern Iran, near the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of attacks have apparently focused on sites at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the core of Iran's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency commented that the damaged buildings were used for access to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was likely.

Broader Fallout and Assessment

Military analysts suggested that the strikes appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's ability to conduct traditional warfare using its biggest warships. However, it was emphasised that Iran retains the option to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of oil ships.

The total scope of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities said to be ongoing. Photos also reveals extensive damage to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

A significant number of civilian buildings also appear to have been hit in the capital city and throughout the country since the fighting began. Casualty figures from ground sources indicate that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the attacks.

Amid continuing hostilities, review of aerial photographs will continue to track the unfolding battlefield picture.