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Multiple US and Israeli airstrikes has according to analysis destroyed or damaged no fewer than eleven Iranian naval vessels starting the weekend, freshly analyzed aerial photos demonstrate, with missile bases and enrichment plants also coming under fire.

Images of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas facility, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, show smoke billowing from several ships on Monday and Tuesday.

Maritime Fleet Incurred Significant Losses

Included in the ships sunk was the Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images showed dark plumes pouring from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments suggest that no fewer than five ships at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Photos of the southern part of the port depict smoke rising from the Makran, while additional vessels appear to be impacted, with a single one seen burning.

Over at Konarak, images reveal several stricken vessels, with expert review pointing to damage to six vessels. Photos taken on Monday also show that a number of buildings at the base have been leveled.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has disrupted international shipping," an American commander said. "Now, there is not one Iranian vessel at sea in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of ships allegedly destroyed may have been concealed in satellite images by haze or plumes, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts suggested that one Iranian ship was going down near Sri Lanka's waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Installations and Atomic Facilities Hit

The destruction of Iranian missile bases and the stopping atomic bomb programs were stated as further aims of the military strikes. Satellite images also revealed damage at the southerly Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where missile storage facilities and fortifications were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site to the west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread damage was observed to sheds, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

Destruction was also seen at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase in eastern parts of the country, near the border 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 atomic program. A global monitoring agency commented that the affected structures were used for entry to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Wider Impact and Analysis

Defense experts suggested that the strikes appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval ability to sustain standard operations using its largest vessels. However, it was noted that Iran retains the ability to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The overall scope of the damage caused to Iranian military infrastructure is still uncertain, with hostilities reportedly persisting. Pictures also shows 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 and across Iran after the fighting escalated. Casualty figures from ground sources suggest that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the bombardment.

As the situation develops, review of space-based data will carry on to document the unfolding battlefield picture.