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A wave of joint attacks has according to analysis destroyed or damaged at least eleven Iranian naval vessels starting Saturday, freshly analyzed orbital imagery reveal, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

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

Naval Fleet Incurred Substantial Damage

Included in the targets eliminated was the Makran, Iran's most sizable ship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Orbital photos displayed dark plumes rising from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence evaluations state that no fewer than five ships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Pictures of the south end of the port show plumes ascending from the Makran, while another pair of ships appear to be impacted, with a single one visibly ablaze.

Over at Konarak, images display several damaged ships, with intelligence reports identifying strikes against six ships. Pictures from the start of the week also show that a number of structures at the installation have been destroyed.

"For many years the Tehran government has harassed international shipping," the head of US Central Command stated. "Today, there is not a single Iranian ship at sea in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

Some vessels allegedly destroyed may have been hidden in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Additional information indicated that an Iranian vessel was foundering off the coast of Sri Lanka's waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Missile Bases and Nuclear Locations Targeted

The destruction of Iran's rocket sites and the stopping atomic bomb programs were declared as other goals of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also revealed strikes on the southern Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were hit.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone base west of Kermanshah, significant damage was identified to sheds, underground facilities and drone launch equipment.

Damage was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan military airport in eastern Iran, near the border with neighboring nations.

Of particular note, the new round of strikes have apparently hit facilities at Natanz – considered at the heart of the country's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency stated that the damaged structures were used for access to the facility's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was anticipated.

Broader Fallout and Analysis

Defense experts indicated that the offensive appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's capacity to conduct standard operations using its largest vessels. But, it was noted that Iran retains the capacity to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of drones, midget subs and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The overall scope of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities is still uncertain, with strikes reportedly persisting. Pictures also shows extensive destruction to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

A large number of non-military structures also appear to have been struck in the capital and across Iran since the fighting escalated. Toll estimates from inside Iran indicate that a high number of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

With the conflict ongoing, analysis of satellite imagery will persist to track the unfolding military landscape.