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A wave of US and Israeli airstrikes has allegedly eliminated or harmed at least eleven Iranian naval vessels starting the weekend, freshly analyzed aerial photos demonstrate, with missile bases and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Pictures of the southern Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict black smoke pouring from a number of warships on recent days.

Maritime Forces Incurred Major Losses

Included in the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery showed thick smoke rising from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence assessments suggest that no fewer than a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Imagery of the southern part of the port show smoke rising from the Makran, while another pair of vessels appear to be impacted, with one of them clearly on fire.

At Konarak, photos show several stricken ships, with intelligence reports pointing to impacts on a half-dozen warships. Pictures from the start of the week also demonstrate that several structures at the installation have been demolished.

"For many years the Iranian regime has disrupted commercial vessels," the head of US Central Command declared. "Today, there is not one vessel from Iran underway in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of vessels allegedly sunk may have been obscured in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or struck at sea, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports indicated that one Iranian ship was foundering near Sri Lankan waters, prompting a rescue operation.

Missile Installations and Atomic Facilities Hit

The destruction of Iranian missile bases and the stopping enrichment activities were listed as additional objectives of the offensive. Satellite images also depicted impacts against the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where rocket warehouses and bunkers were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site west of Kermanshah, significant damage was identified to warehouses, underground facilities and drone launch equipment.

Destruction was also seen at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern parts of the country, near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the most recent series of strikes have reportedly hit sites at Natanz – long said to be at the core of Iran's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency stated that the damaged structures were used for entry to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was expected.

Wider Consequences and Analysis

Military analysts indicated that the attacks appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval ability to carry out conventional attacks using its largest warships. However, it was stressed that Tehran maintains the ability to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, midget subs and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The overall scale of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with attacks reportedly continuing. Pictures also indicates extensive destruction to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also appear to have been hit in the capital and across Iran after the conflict started. Casualty figures from local officials state that hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the bombardment.

As the situation develops, review of space-based data will carry on to document the changing scope of damage.