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Multiple American and Israeli attacks has according to analysis sunk or crippled no fewer than 11 warships belonging to Iran since the weekend, freshly analyzed satellite images show, with rocket sites and nuclear sites also being targeted.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the headquarters of the Iranian navy, depict plumes of smoke rising from several warships on the start of the week.

Maritime Fleet Sustained Substantial Damage

Among the vessels destroyed was the Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had served as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images indicated thick smoke rising from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence evaluations indicate that no fewer than five ships at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Pictures of the southern part of the harbor reveal plumes ascending from the Makran, while two other ships appear to be impacted, with a single one visibly ablaze.

At Konarak, images show numerous harmed ships, with analysis pointing to damage to six ships. Pictures from Monday also indicate that multiple buildings at the base have been demolished.

"For a long time the Tehran government has harassed international shipping," a senior US military official stated. "At present, there is not one vessel from Iran underway in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some ships allegedly sunk may have been hidden in satellite images by haze or plumes, or targeted offshore, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Separate reports indicated that an Iranian vessel was foundering near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Atomic Facilities Attacked

The destruction of Iran's rocket sites and the prevention of enrichment activities were listed as other objectives of the offensive. Aerial imagery also showed damage at the southerly Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were targeted.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site to the west of Kermanshah, significant damage was identified to storage buildings, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Damage was also seen at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern Iran, close to the frontier with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the most recent series of strikes have apparently targeted sites at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the center of the country's atomic program. An international watchdog commented that the affected structures were used for entry to the facility's underground nuclear plant and that "no release of radioactive material" was likely.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Defense experts suggested that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval capacity to conduct traditional warfare using its largest vessels. Nevertheless, it was emphasised that Iran retains the capacity to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The total extent of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities is still uncertain, with attacks reportedly ongoing. Imagery also reveals extensive damage to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

A large number of civilian buildings also appear to have been hit in the capital city and across Iran after the conflict began. Toll estimates from ground sources state that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the attacks.

With the conflict ongoing, monitoring of aerial photographs will persist to assess the evolving battlefield picture.