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A wave of US and Israeli airstrikes has according to analysis eliminated or harmed at least 11 warships belonging to Iran starting Saturday, recently obtained orbital imagery demonstrate, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

Images of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas facility, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, depict black smoke pouring from a number of warships on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Assets Sustained Major Losses

Included in the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, the country's biggest warship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery displayed dark plumes emanating from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence evaluations indicate that no fewer than five vessels at the port were "hit or sunk". Photos of the southern part of the port show plumes ascending from the Makran, while another pair of ships are visibly impacted, with one visibly ablaze.

Over at the Konarak base, photos reveal several damaged ships, with analysis identifying impacts on six vessels. Pictures taken on Monday also demonstrate that several buildings at the base have been demolished.

"For many years the Tehran government has threatened commercial vessels," an American commander said. "At present, there is no Iranian vessel underway in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

Some ships reportedly destroyed may have been concealed in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or hit in open waters, and have not been conclusively proven. Additional information indicated that an Iranian vessel was sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka's territorial waters, prompting a rescue operation.

Missile Bases and Nuclear Locations Targeted

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the stopping enrichment activities were listed as additional aims of the air campaign. Satellite images also showed damage at the southern Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e UAV facility west of Kermanshah, significant damage was seen to warehouses, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

Impact was also observed at a radar site at the Zahedan military airport in eastern parts of the country, close to the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Of particular note, the most recent series of strikes have reportedly targeted sites at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the center of Iran's nuclear programme. A global monitoring agency stated that the damaged structures were used for access to the facility's underground nuclear plant and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Broader Fallout and Assessment

Military analysts indicated that the strikes appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's capacity to carry out conventional attacks using its largest vessels. However, it was noted that Iran retains the capacity to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, small submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of oil ships.

The overall scale of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities is still uncertain, with hostilities reportedly ongoing. Pictures also reveals considerable damage to the headquarters of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

A large number of non-military structures also seem to have been struck in the capital and across the country after the conflict escalated. Toll estimates from inside Iran indicate that many hundreds of civilians may have been fatally injured in the attacks.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of space-based data will persist to document the changing battlefield picture.