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A series of American and Israeli attacks has reportedly eliminated or harmed at least 11 warships belonging to Iran starting the weekend, recently obtained satellite images reveal, with rocket sites and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval 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 Iranian navy, reveal smoke billowing from multiple ships on the start of the week.

Maritime Fleet Sustained Substantial Damage

Included in the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, the country's biggest warship which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos displayed black smoke rising from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence reports state that no fewer than five ships at the port were "hit or sunk". Photos of the southern part of the port reveal smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while additional ships are visibly impacted, with one of them seen burning.

At the Konarak base, photos show numerous stricken vessels, with analysis identifying damage to a half-dozen warships. Images from Monday also indicate that multiple structures at the base have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has harassed international shipping," an American commander stated. "Now, there is not one Iranian vessel underway in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some vessels reportedly destroyed may have been obscured in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or struck at sea, and have not been conclusively proven. Additional information stated that one Iranian ship was sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka's territorial waters, prompting a rescue operation.

Rocket Sites and Atomic Facilities Attacked

Neutralizing Iran's rocket sites and the prevention of enrichment activities were listed as other aims of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also depicted impacts against the southern Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was seen to storage buildings, underground facilities and drone launch equipment.

Destruction was also observed at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern parts of the country, close to the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the most recent series of attacks have reportedly focused on sites at Natanz – considered at the core of the country's atomic program. An international watchdog said that the affected structures were used for access to the facility's underground nuclear plant and that "no radiological consequence" was anticipated.

Wider Consequences and Assessment

Military analysts stated that the attacks appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's capability to carry out standard operations using its biggest vessels. But, it was stressed that Iran still has the option to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of drones, small submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The overall scale of the damage caused to Iran's defense infrastructure remains unclear, with hostilities reportedly ongoing. Imagery also reveals extensive damage to the main offices of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

A large number of public facilities also seem to have been struck in the capital city and across Iran since the hostilities began. Toll estimates from inside Iran suggest that hundreds of civilians may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

With the conflict ongoing, analysis of space-based data will continue to track the evolving military landscape.