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Multiple joint attacks has according to analysis destroyed or damaged at least 11 warships belonging to Iran since the weekend, freshly analyzed satellite images reveal, with rocket sites and enrichment plants also being targeted.

Pictures of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which is located on the Strait of Hormuz and contains the headquarters of the Iranian navy, show plumes of smoke rising from multiple warships on recent days.

Naval Fleet Incurred Major Losses

Included in the ships sunk was the Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had served as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos showed thick smoke rising from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence reports indicate that no fewer than a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Pictures of the southern end of the harbor reveal plumes ascending from the Makran, while additional ships seem to be harmed, with a single one visibly ablaze.

At the Konarak base, images show numerous stricken vessels, with analysis identifying impacts on six ships. Photos from the start of the week also show that a number of structures at the installation have been destroyed.

"For decades the Iran's leadership has threatened global maritime traffic," an American commander declared. "Now, there is no Iranian vessel underway in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of vessels allegedly sunk may have been obscured in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or struck at sea, and have not been conclusively proven. Other accounts stated that one Iranian ship was foundering near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Facilities Hit

Neutralizing Tehran's launch facilities and the hindering of atomic bomb programs were listed as further objectives of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also revealed damage at the southern Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were hit.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread damage was observed to sheds, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

Impact was also seen at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern Iran, close to the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the new round of attacks have reportedly hit facilities at Natanz – widely believed to be at the center of the country's nuclear programme. The UN's atomic energy body commented that the affected structures were used for entry to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was anticipated.

Wider Impact and Assessment

Observers suggested that the strikes appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval capacity to sustain conventional attacks using its biggest vessels. But, it was stressed that Tehran retains the ability to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The overall extent of the damage caused to Iran's defense facilities is still uncertain, with attacks reportedly persisting. Pictures also shows widespread damage to the main offices of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of non-military structures also appear to have been damaged in the capital city and throughout the country after the hostilities started. Toll estimates from local officials indicate that hundreds of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

Amid continuing hostilities, monitoring of satellite imagery will continue to document the evolving battlefield picture.