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Multiple joint strikes has allegedly destroyed or damaged no fewer than 11 warships belonging to Iran since Saturday, freshly analyzed orbital imagery show, with launch facilities and enrichment plants also coming under fire.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which is located on the Strait of Hormuz and houses the main command of the Iranian navy, show smoke billowing from several vessels on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Forces Sustained Substantial Damage

Included in the targets eliminated was the Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had been used as a drone carrier. Satellite images showed thick smoke emanating from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence reports state that no fewer than five ships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the south end of the port show plumes ascending from the Makran, while another pair of ships are visibly impacted, with one of them seen burning.

At Konarak, images reveal several damaged vessels, with expert review identifying damage to six vessels. Photos from the start of the week also indicate that a number of facilities at the base have been demolished.

"For many years the Iranian regime has threatened commercial vessels," the head of US Central Command declared. "At present, there is not one Iranian vessel operational in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

Some vessels allegedly sunk may have been concealed in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or hit in open waters, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Separate reports stated that a ship from Iran was sinking near Sri Lanka's waters, prompting a rescue operation.

Rocket Bases and Nuclear Locations Attacked

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the prevention of enrichment activities were listed as other goals of the military strikes. Satellite images also showed damage at the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where rocket warehouses and bunkers were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base west of Kermanshah, significant damage was seen to sheds, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Damage was also observed at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern Iran, close to the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Of particular note, the new round of strikes have apparently hit facilities at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the heart of the country's nuclear programme. The UN's atomic energy body stated that the affected buildings were used for entry to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Broader Consequences and Analysis

Defense experts stated that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval capability to conduct conventional attacks using its largest warships. But, it was emphasised that Tehran retains the ability to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The total scale of the destruction caused to Iran's defense facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities said to be ongoing. Pictures also shows extensive destruction to the headquarters of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran.

A large number of civilian buildings also appear to have been struck in the capital city and throughout Iran since the conflict began. Casualty figures from ground sources indicate that hundreds of civilians may have been fatally injured in the attacks.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of aerial photographs will persist to document the evolving military landscape.