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A wave of US and Israeli airstrikes has according to analysis destroyed or damaged at least eleven Iran's navy ships starting the weekend, freshly analyzed satellite images reveal, with launch facilities and nuclear sites also sustaining hits.

Pictures of the southern Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, show smoke billowing from several warships on Monday and Tuesday.

Maritime Fleet Sustained Major Damage

Included in the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images showed black smoke pouring from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments indicate that no fewer than five ships at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Pictures of the southern part of the port show smoke rising from the Makran, while additional ships seem to be impacted, with one of them visibly ablaze.

Over at Konarak, photos display several harmed ships, with intelligence reports pointing to damage to a half-dozen warships. Photos taken on the start of the week also demonstrate that multiple buildings at the installation have been leveled.

"For a long time the Tehran government has harassed global maritime traffic," a senior US military official declared. "Now, there is not one Iranian ship at sea in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some ships allegedly sunk may have been obscured in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or struck at sea, and have not been conclusively proven. Separate reports suggested that one Iranian ship was going down near Sri Lankan waters, leading to a rescue operation.

Missile Bases and Atomic Facilities Attacked

The destruction of Iran's rocket sites and the hindering of enrichment activities were listed as additional objectives of the offensive. Satellite images also depicted impacts against the southern Khorgu and north-western Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were targeted.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread damage was seen to warehouses, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

Damage was also observed at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern Iran, close to the border with neighboring nations.

Of particular note, the latest wave of attacks have apparently hit sites at Natanz – long said to be at the center of Iran's atomic program. A global monitoring agency stated that the affected structures were used for access to the site's underground nuclear plant and that "no release of radioactive material" was likely.

Broader Consequences and Assessment

Observers stated that the attacks appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's capacity to carry out standard operations using its largest warships. Nevertheless, it was noted that Iran still has the ability to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships.

The overall scope of the destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure is still uncertain, with hostilities said to be persisting. Photos also indicates considerable damage to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of public facilities also seem to have been struck in the capital and throughout the country since the fighting started. Casualty figures from local officials state that hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the attacks.

As the situation develops, review of satellite imagery will persist to document the changing military landscape.