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Multiple American and Israeli strikes has reportedly eliminated or harmed a minimum of eleven Iran's navy ships starting the weekend, new orbital imagery show, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Images of the southern Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the main command of the Iranian navy, show black smoke pouring from multiple vessels on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Fleet Sustained Significant Damage

Included in the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, the country's biggest warship which had served as a drone carrier. Satellite images showed thick smoke emanating from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence evaluations state that no fewer than a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the south end of the harbor depict plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while two other ships seem to be damaged, with one of them visibly ablaze.

Over at Konarak, images reveal several stricken ships, with expert review pointing to damage to six vessels. Images from the start of the week also show that several facilities at the base have been leveled.

"For a long time the Iranian regime has disrupted international shipping," a senior US military official stated. "Today, there is not a single Iranian ship at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of ships allegedly sunk may have been concealed in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or targeted offshore, and have not been conclusively proven. Additional information indicated that an Iranian vessel was foundering near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Installations and Nuclear Facilities Hit

The destruction of Iran's rocket sites and the stopping atomic bomb programs were listed as further objectives of the offensive. Satellite images also depicted impacts against the southerly Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were struck.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base west of Kermanshah, widespread damage was identified to storage buildings, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems.

Damage was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan military airport in eastern parts of the country, near the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Of particular note, the latest wave of strikes have reportedly hit sites at Natanz – widely believed to be at the core of the country's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body said that the damaged structures were used for access to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was likely.

Wider Impact and Assessment

Military analysts suggested that the offensive appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval ability to carry out traditional warfare using its biggest warships. But, it was emphasised that Iran retains the capacity 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 destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with attacks said to be continuing. Imagery also shows widespread damage to the command center of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

A large number of non-military structures also seem to have been damaged in the capital and throughout the country since the conflict began. Casualty figures from local officials state that a high number of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the bombardment.

Amid continuing hostilities, review of space-based data will carry on to track the evolving battlefield picture.