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A wave of joint strikes has according to analysis destroyed or damaged at least 11 Iran's navy ships starting the weekend, new aerial photos demonstrate, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and contains the headquarters of the Iranian navy, depict plumes of smoke rising from multiple warships on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Forces Incurred Substantial Damage

Among the targets eliminated was the Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had served as a drone carrier. Orbital photos showed thick smoke emanating from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence evaluations indicate that no fewer than a quintet of warships at the port were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the southern end of the port show plumes ascending from the Makran, while additional ships appear to be damaged, with one of them seen burning.

Over at Konarak, images show numerous harmed vessels, with analysis identifying impacts on six vessels. Photos taken on Monday also show that several facilities at the base have been demolished.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has threatened international shipping," the head of US Central Command declared. "Today, there is no Iranian vessel underway in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of vessels allegedly destroyed may have been hidden in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or struck at sea, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts stated that one Iranian ship was going down near Sri Lankan territorial waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Missile Installations and Atomic Locations Attacked

Neutralizing Tehran's launch facilities and the stopping atomic bomb programs were declared as further objectives of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also revealed strikes on the southern Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were targeted.

At the Choqa Balk-e UAV facility to the west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread damage was seen to sheds, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems.

Impact was also seen at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern parts of the country, close to the border with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the latest wave of attacks have reportedly hit sites at Natanz – considered at the core of Iran's nuclear programme. The UN's atomic energy body commented that the damaged buildings were used for entry to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was anticipated.

Wider Consequences and Analysis

Defense experts stated that the strikes appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's capacity to conduct traditional warfare using its largest vessels. Nevertheless, it was emphasised that Tehran retains the ability to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The full extent of the destruction caused to Iran's defense facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with attacks said to be ongoing. Photos also shows considerable damage to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

A significant number of public facilities also are reported to have been damaged in the capital and across the country since the hostilities began. Toll estimates from ground sources state that hundreds of civilians may have been lost their lives in the bombardment.

With the conflict ongoing, monitoring of satellite imagery will persist to document the changing battlefield picture.