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Multiple joint attacks has according to analysis eliminated or harmed no fewer than eleven Iranian naval vessels since Saturday, recently obtained satellite images reveal, with rocket sites and nuclear sites also being targeted.

Images of the southerly Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas facility, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the main command of the Iranian navy, depict plumes of smoke rising from a number of ships on the start of the week.

Naval Fleet Incurred Significant Losses

Among the ships sunk was the Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had served as a drone carrier. Orbital photos indicated black smoke rising from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence reports indicate that at least five vessels at the port were "struck or destroyed". Pictures of the southern part of the port depict plumes ascending from the Makran, while additional ships seem to be damaged, with one of them clearly on fire.

At Konarak, photos show numerous harmed ships, with intelligence reports pointing to strikes against six ships. Images taken on Monday also demonstrate that several structures at the base have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has harassed global maritime traffic," an American commander declared. "Today, there is not a single vessel from Iran at sea in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

Some ships allegedly sunk may have been concealed in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or struck at sea, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts suggested that an Iranian vessel was going down off the coast of Sri Lanka's territorial waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Bases and Atomic Facilities Targeted

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the hindering of nuclear weapons development were declared as further aims of the military strikes. Satellite images also showed strikes on the southern Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive damage was identified to storage buildings, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

Damage was also seen at a radar installation at the Zahedan military airport in eastern parts of the country, close to the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the latest wave of attacks have reportedly hit installations at Natanz – widely believed to be at the center of the country's nuclear programme. A global monitoring agency said that the damaged buildings were used for access to the facility's underground nuclear plant and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Wider Consequences and Assessment

Defense experts indicated that the strikes appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval capability to sustain standard operations using its most significant warships. Nevertheless, it was stressed that Tehran retains the ability to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The overall extent of the destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure is still uncertain, with hostilities said to be continuing. Pictures also shows widespread destruction to the headquarters of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

A large number of civilian buildings also seem to have been struck in the capital and across the country after the conflict began. Casualty figures from local officials state that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the bombardment.

As the situation develops, review of satellite imagery will carry on to track the changing scope of damage.