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Multiple US and Israeli strikes has reportedly eliminated or harmed at least 11 warships belonging to Iran starting the weekend, recently obtained satellite images demonstrate, with launch facilities and enrichment plants also being targeted.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas facility, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the main command of the Iran's naval force, show black smoke pouring from a number of warships on the start of the week.

Maritime Fleet Sustained Significant Losses

Among the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images displayed thick smoke rising from the vessel which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence reports suggest that no fewer than five ships at the port were "hit or sunk". Pictures of the southern part of the harbor depict smoke rising from the Makran, while two other vessels are visibly harmed, with one seen burning.

Over at Konarak, images display numerous damaged ships, with analysis identifying strikes against six vessels. Photos taken on the start of the week also demonstrate that several structures at the installation have been demolished.

"For decades the Tehran government has disrupted global maritime traffic," an American commander stated. "Today, there is no Iranian vessel at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of ships allegedly sunk may have been hidden in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or struck at sea, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts suggested that one Iranian ship was foundering near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Missile Installations and Atomic Locations Targeted

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of atomic bomb programs were listed as other aims of the offensive. Satellite images also showed damage at the southern Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were targeted.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base to the west of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was observed to sheds, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

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

Of particular note, the new round of attacks have reportedly focused on installations at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the center of Iran's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body said that the affected structures were used for access to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Wider Consequences and Analysis

Military analysts indicated that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval capacity to sustain traditional warfare using its biggest warships. However, it was emphasised that Tehran still has the capacity to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The total scope of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities reportedly continuing. Pictures also reveals widespread destruction to the headquarters of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of public facilities also seem to have been damaged in the capital and across Iran since the conflict started. Reports of deaths from local officials state that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the attacks.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of aerial photographs will continue to assess the evolving scope of damage.