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A wave of American and Israeli attacks has allegedly eliminated or harmed at least eleven Iranian naval vessels since Saturday, freshly analyzed orbital imagery show, with missile bases and nuclear sites also sustaining hits.

Pictures of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, depict black smoke pouring from several warships on recent days.

Naval Fleet Sustained Substantial Damage

Included in the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a drone carrier. Satellite images indicated dark plumes rising from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical assessments state that at least five ships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the southern end of the port reveal smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of vessels are visibly damaged, with one of them clearly on fire.

At the Konarak base, photos reveal multiple harmed vessels, with expert review pointing to strikes against six ships. Images taken on the start of the week also show that multiple facilities at the installation have been leveled.

"For decades the Tehran government has harassed international shipping," the head of US Central Command said. "Today, there is not one Iranian vessel underway in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of vessels reportedly destroyed may have been hidden in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or hit in open waters, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports indicated that an Iranian vessel was foundering near Sri Lanka's waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Missile Installations and Atomic Facilities Targeted

The destruction of Tehran's launch facilities and the stopping enrichment activities were stated as additional aims of the offensive. Aerial imagery also revealed strikes on the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were struck.

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

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

Significantly, the new round of strikes have apparently targeted installations at Natanz – widely believed to be at the heart of Iran's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body said that the affected structures were used for entry to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was anticipated.

Wider Consequences and Analysis

Observers suggested that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval capacity to conduct standard operations using its largest warships. Nevertheless, it was emphasised that Iran still has the option to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, small submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The total scale of the damage caused to Iran's defense infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities reportedly continuing. Photos also indicates widespread destruction to the main offices of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

A significant number of public facilities also are reported to have been hit in the capital city and across the country after the conflict began. Reports of deaths from local officials state that hundreds of non-combatants may have been killed in the attacks.

With the conflict ongoing, review of satellite imagery will continue to document the evolving battlefield picture.