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A series of joint strikes has according to analysis eliminated or harmed no fewer than 11 Iranian naval vessels starting Saturday, new satellite images show, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Photographs of the southern Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the main command of the Iran's naval force, reveal smoke billowing from a number of warships on recent days.

Naval Forces Incurred Significant Damage

Included in the vessels destroyed was the Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images indicated black smoke emanating from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence evaluations indicate that at least a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the southern end of the port depict plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of vessels are visibly damaged, with one visibly ablaze.

At the Konarak base, photos display several harmed ships, with analysis pointing to damage to six vessels. Pictures from the start of the week also indicate that several facilities at the base have been leveled.

"For a long time the Tehran government has disrupted global maritime traffic," a senior US military official declared. "Today, there is not one vessel from Iran operational in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

Some vessels allegedly sunk may have been hidden in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or struck at sea, and have not been conclusively proven. Other accounts indicated that one Iranian ship was sinking off the coast of Sri Lankan territorial waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Missile Installations and Atomic Facilities Targeted

Eliminating Iran's rocket sites and the hindering of atomic bomb programs were declared as other aims of the military strikes. Satellite images also revealed strikes on the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where missile storage facilities and fortifications were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site to the west of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was identified to storage buildings, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems.

Destruction was also observed at a radar installation at the Zahedan military airport in eastern Iran, near the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of attacks have apparently hit sites at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the heart of the country's nuclear programme. A global monitoring agency commented that the affected structures were used for access to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Broader Fallout and Assessment

Observers suggested that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval capability to carry out conventional attacks using its most significant warships. However, it was stressed that Tehran retains the ability to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships.

The total extent of the destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with strikes said to be continuing. Imagery also reveals considerable destruction to the main offices of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also seem to have been damaged in the capital city and across the country after the hostilities began. Reports of deaths from ground sources state that a high number of non-combatants may have been killed in the attacks.

As the situation develops, analysis of satellite imagery will continue to assess the evolving battlefield picture.