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Multiple American and Israeli attacks has according to analysis eliminated or harmed a minimum of 11 Iran's navy ships starting Saturday, freshly analyzed orbital imagery show, with rocket sites and nuclear sites also being targeted.

Pictures of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, depict black smoke pouring from several warships on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Forces Incurred Major Losses

Included in the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos showed thick smoke emanating from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical reports suggest that at least a quintet of warships at the port were "hit or sunk". Photos of the southern end of the harbor show smoke rising from the Makran, while two other ships are visibly damaged, with a single one seen burning.

Over at the Konarak base, photos show multiple harmed vessels, with analysis identifying impacts on a half-dozen warships. Pictures from the start of the week also indicate that multiple structures at the base have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has harassed commercial vessels," a senior US military official declared. "Today, there is no vessel from Iran underway in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

Some ships reportedly destroyed may have been obscured in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Additional information stated that an Iranian vessel was sinking near Sri Lanka's waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Missile Bases and Nuclear Facilities Hit

The destruction of Iranian missile bases and the stopping atomic bomb programs were listed as other objectives of the military strikes. Satellite images also depicted strikes on the southern Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were targeted.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base west of the city of Kermanshah, significant damage was identified to sheds, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

Damage was also observed at a radar site at the Zahedan military airport in eastern Iran, close to the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the most recent series of attacks have reportedly targeted installations at Natanz – long said to be at the core of Iran's enrichment efforts. An international watchdog commented that the affected structures were used for access to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was likely.

Wider Impact and Analysis

Defense experts indicated that the attacks appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's capability to sustain conventional attacks using its largest vessels. Nevertheless, 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 "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The full extent of the damage caused to Iran's defense facilities is still uncertain, with attacks reportedly ongoing. Imagery also shows widespread damage to the command center of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

A significant number of non-military structures also are reported to have been struck in the capital city and throughout Iran after the hostilities escalated. Reports of deaths from inside Iran suggest that a high number of civilians may have been fatally injured in the attacks.

With the conflict ongoing, analysis of aerial photographs will persist to track the evolving scope of damage.