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A series of US and Israeli attacks has according to analysis eliminated or harmed at least eleven warships belonging to Iran since Saturday, freshly analyzed orbital imagery demonstrate, with launch facilities and nuclear sites also coming under fire.

Photographs of the southern Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and houses the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, show plumes of smoke rising from several ships on Monday and Tuesday.

Maritime Fleet Incurred Major Damage

Included in the vessels destroyed was the Makran, Iran's most sizable ship which had been used as a drone carrier. Orbital photos showed thick smoke rising from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical evaluations indicate that at least five ships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Pictures of the southern part of the port depict smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while additional vessels are visibly impacted, with one of them seen burning.

At the Konarak base, photos display multiple stricken vessels, with analysis identifying damage to a half-dozen warships. Pictures from the start of the week also indicate that multiple facilities at the base have been demolished.

"For decades the Iran's leadership has threatened global maritime traffic," an American commander said. "Now, there is no Iranian ship operational in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of vessels reportedly sunk may have been hidden in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or hit in open waters, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts suggested that a ship from Iran was foundering off the coast of Sri Lanka's waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Bases and Nuclear Facilities Attacked

The destruction of Tehran's launch facilities and the stopping enrichment activities were declared as further goals of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also revealed impacts against the southern Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site to the west of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was observed to sheds, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Damage was also observed at a radar installation at the Zahedan military airport in eastern parts of the country, near the frontier with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the most recent series of strikes have reportedly hit facilities at Natanz – widely believed to be at the heart of Iran's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body stated that the damaged buildings were used for entry to the site's underground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was anticipated.

Wider Consequences and Assessment

Military analysts suggested that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's ability to carry out conventional attacks using its biggest warships. But, it was stressed that Tehran retains the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The full scale of the damage caused to Iran's defense facilities is still uncertain, with hostilities said to be ongoing. Imagery also shows considerable damage to the headquarters of the the IRGC in the city of Tehran.

A significant number of non-military structures also seem to have been struck in the capital and throughout Iran after the fighting began. Reports of deaths from inside Iran state that a high number of civilians may have been killed in the strikes.

With the conflict ongoing, monitoring of aerial photographs will persist to document the unfolding scope of damage.