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Multiple American and Israeli attacks has according to analysis eliminated or harmed no fewer than 11 warships belonging to Iran since Saturday, freshly analyzed satellite images reveal, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

Images of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and is home to the main command of the Iranian navy, depict black smoke pouring from multiple ships on recent days.

Maritime Forces Incurred Significant Losses

Included in the vessels destroyed was the Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery showed black smoke pouring from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments state that at least five ships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the southern end of the port reveal smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while additional ships seem to be damaged, with one of them clearly on fire.

Over at Konarak, photos show several damaged ships, with intelligence reports pointing to impacts on six vessels. Images taken on the start of the week also show that several buildings at the base have been demolished.

"For many years the Tehran government has disrupted global maritime traffic," a senior US military official declared. "Now, there is not one vessel from Iran underway in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will persist."

Some vessels reportedly sunk may have been hidden in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or targeted offshore, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts indicated that a ship from Iran was sinking near Sri Lankan territorial waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Locations Targeted

Neutralizing Iranian missile bases and the prevention of nuclear weapons development were listed as other objectives of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also revealed impacts against the southern Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were hit.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base west of Kermanshah, widespread damage was observed to sheds, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Damage was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase in eastern parts of the country, near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the new round of attacks have reportedly hit sites at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the core of Iran's enrichment efforts. The UN's atomic energy body commented that the damaged structures were used for access to the facility's underground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Wider Fallout and Analysis

Observers indicated that the strikes appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval capability to conduct standard operations using its largest vessels. But, it was stressed that Iran retains the ability to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The full scope of the destruction caused to Iranian military infrastructure remains unclear, with attacks reportedly continuing. Pictures also shows extensive destruction to the headquarters of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

A large number of civilian buildings also appear to have been struck in the capital city and across Iran after the fighting escalated. Toll estimates from local officials state that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

With the conflict ongoing, review of satellite imagery will persist to document the evolving scope of damage.