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A wave of joint airstrikes has according to analysis destroyed or damaged a minimum of eleven warships belonging to Iran since Saturday, freshly analyzed orbital imagery show, with missile bases and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas facility, which is located on the Strait of Hormuz and is home to the main command of the Iranian navy, depict smoke billowing from several vessels on the start of the week.

Maritime Fleet Incurred Major Losses

Among the targets eliminated was the Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos showed dark plumes emanating from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence assessments indicate that at least five vessels at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Pictures of the southern part of the port depict smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of vessels appear to be harmed, with a single one clearly on fire.

Over at Konarak, images show numerous damaged ships, with analysis identifying impacts on six ships. Images from Monday also show that multiple structures at the installation have been leveled.

"For many years the Tehran government has threatened international shipping," the head of US Central Command said. "Now, there is not a single Iranian vessel at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some ships allegedly destroyed may have been hidden in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or hit in open waters, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports stated that an Iranian vessel was sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka's territorial waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Installations and Nuclear Facilities Hit

The destruction of Iranian missile bases and the hindering of atomic bomb programs were stated as other aims of the offensive. Satellite images also showed strikes on the southern Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were struck.

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

Destruction was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern Iran, near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the most recent series of strikes have reportedly targeted sites at the Natanz complex – considered at the heart of Iran's nuclear programme. A global monitoring agency commented that the damaged buildings were used for entry to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was anticipated.

Wider Impact and Analysis

Observers suggested that the strikes appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's capacity to conduct traditional warfare using its biggest warships. But, it was stressed that Iran still has the option to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The total scale of the damage caused to Iran's defense facilities remains unclear, with attacks reportedly ongoing. Photos also reveals extensive damage to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of public facilities also appear to have been damaged in the capital city and throughout Iran after the conflict began. Toll estimates from inside Iran suggest that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been killed in the attacks.

With the conflict ongoing, analysis of aerial photographs will continue to track the unfolding scope of damage.