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Multiple US and Israeli airstrikes has according to analysis destroyed or damaged no fewer than eleven Iranian naval vessels starting Saturday, recently obtained aerial photos reveal, with launch facilities and nuclear sites also being targeted.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the headquarters of the Iranian navy, show smoke billowing from multiple warships on recent days.

Maritime Assets Sustained Significant Damage

Included in the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images displayed dark plumes rising from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical reports state that at least five vessels at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the south end of the harbor reveal plumes ascending from the Makran, while two other vessels seem to be harmed, with one clearly on fire.

Over at the Konarak base, photos display multiple harmed ships, with intelligence reports pointing to strikes against six vessels. Pictures from the start of the week also show that a number of buildings at the base have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has harassed global maritime traffic," an American commander said. "Now, there is not one Iranian vessel at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

Some ships allegedly sunk may have been hidden in satellite images by haze or plumes, or hit in open waters, and have not been conclusively proven. Additional information indicated that one Iranian ship was foundering off the coast of Sri Lanka's territorial waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Bases and Atomic Facilities Attacked

Neutralizing Iranian missile bases and the prevention of nuclear weapons development were listed as further aims of the air campaign. Satellite images also depicted impacts against the southern Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e UAV facility west of the city of Kermanshah, significant damage was seen to storage buildings, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems.

Impact was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern parts of the country, near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the latest wave of strikes have apparently targeted installations at the Natanz complex – considered at the heart of the country's nuclear programme. The UN's atomic energy body said that the affected structures were used for entry to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Broader Fallout and Assessment

Defense experts indicated that the offensive appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval capability to sustain standard operations using its most significant warships. However, it was stressed that Iran retains the ability to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, small submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The overall extent of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities remains unclear, with hostilities said to be continuing. Photos also shows considerable damage to the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of non-military structures also appear to have been struck in the capital and throughout the country since the fighting began. Casualty figures from local officials indicate that many hundreds of civilians may have been fatally injured in the attacks.

With the conflict ongoing, monitoring of satellite imagery will carry on to track the unfolding military landscape.