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Multiple US and Israeli airstrikes has according to analysis eliminated or harmed no fewer than eleven Iranian naval vessels starting Saturday, recently obtained orbital imagery show, with launch facilities and enrichment plants also sustaining hits.

Images of the southerly Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict smoke billowing from multiple warships on Monday and Tuesday.

Maritime Fleet Incurred Substantial Damage

Among the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had served as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos showed black smoke rising from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence reports indicate that no fewer than a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Pictures of the south end of the harbor depict smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while additional ships are visibly impacted, with one visibly ablaze.

Over at the Konarak base, photos reveal numerous harmed vessels, with analysis pointing to impacts on six ships. Pictures taken on Monday also show that a number of structures at the installation have been destroyed.

"For decades the Iran's leadership has disrupted global maritime traffic," a senior US military official said. "At present, there is not a single Iranian vessel operational in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

Some vessels allegedly sunk may have been hidden in satellite images by haze or plumes, or struck at sea, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Additional information stated that a ship from Iran was foundering off the coast of Sri Lanka's waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Rocket Bases and Atomic Locations Attacked

Neutralizing Iran's rocket sites and the hindering of atomic bomb programs were listed as other goals of the air campaign. Satellite images also showed impacts against the southerly Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were targeted.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site to the west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was identified to warehouses, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

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

Of particular note, the most recent series of strikes have apparently targeted sites at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the core of Iran's enrichment efforts. An international watchdog commented that the damaged buildings were used for entry to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was likely.

Wider Impact and Analysis

Defense experts indicated that the strikes appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval capacity to sustain traditional warfare using its most significant vessels. However, it was stressed that Tehran retains the capacity to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The full scale of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities is still uncertain, with attacks said to be persisting. Photos also indicates extensive damage to the main offices of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran.

A large number of civilian buildings also appear to have been struck in the capital city and across Iran after the hostilities began. Reports of deaths from inside Iran indicate that hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the attacks.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of satellite imagery will persist to assess the unfolding military landscape.