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A wave of US and Israeli airstrikes has according to analysis eliminated or harmed a minimum of eleven Iran's navy ships starting Saturday, new orbital imagery demonstrate, with launch facilities and nuclear sites also sustaining hits.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas facility, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and is home to the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, reveal black smoke pouring from a number of warships on the start of the week.

Maritime Forces Sustained Significant Losses

Among the targets eliminated was the Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had served as a drone carrier. Satellite images showed black smoke rising from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical evaluations indicate that no fewer than five vessels at the port were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the southern part of the harbor depict plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of vessels are visibly impacted, with one of them clearly on fire.

Over at Konarak, images show multiple damaged ships, with expert review pointing to damage to a half-dozen warships. Images from the start of the week also demonstrate that multiple structures at the base have been demolished.

"For decades the Iranian regime has disrupted global maritime traffic," a senior US military official stated. "Now, there is no Iranian ship operational in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will continue."

Some vessels allegedly sunk may have been obscured in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or targeted offshore, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Separate reports suggested that an Iranian vessel was sinking near Sri Lankan waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Bases and Atomic Locations Hit

Neutralizing Iranian missile bases and the hindering of nuclear weapons development were listed as other goals of the air campaign. Satellite images also showed strikes on 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 unmanned aircraft site to the west of the city of Kermanshah, significant destruction was seen to storage buildings, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

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

Perhaps most notably, the most recent series of attacks have reportedly focused on facilities at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the center of the country's atomic program. An international watchdog commented that the affected buildings were used for access to the site's underground nuclear plant and that "no release of radioactive material" was expected.

Broader Impact and Analysis

Military analysts stated that the strikes appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's ability to sustain conventional attacks using its largest warships. But, it was noted that Tehran retains the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The total scale of the destruction caused to Iran's defense facilities is still uncertain, with strikes said to be ongoing. Photos also reveals considerable damage to the headquarters of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

A large number of non-military structures also seem to have been hit in the capital and throughout the country after the conflict started. Reports of deaths from ground sources state that hundreds of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the bombardment.

With the conflict ongoing, review of satellite imagery will persist to track the evolving military landscape.