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A series of American and Israeli attacks has reportedly eliminated or harmed a minimum of 11 Iran's navy ships starting the weekend, recently obtained satellite images show, with launch facilities and nuclear sites also coming under fire.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas installation, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the headquarters of the Iranian navy, depict plumes of smoke rising from multiple vessels on the start of the week.

Maritime Fleet Incurred Significant Damage

Among the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos displayed dark plumes emanating from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence assessments state that no fewer than a quintet of warships at the port were "hit or sunk". Photos of the south end of the port show smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while two other ships are visibly impacted, with a single one seen burning.

Over at Konarak, photos display numerous damaged ships, with expert review pointing to strikes against a half-dozen warships. Photos from Monday also show that a number of structures at the base have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has harassed international shipping," the head of US Central Command said. "Today, there is no vessel from Iran underway in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of vessels reportedly sunk may have been hidden in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or targeted offshore, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Additional information indicated that a ship from Iran was going down near Sri Lankan waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Installations and Nuclear Facilities Targeted

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of atomic bomb programs were declared as further aims of the air campaign. Satellite images also depicted damage at the southerly Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were targeted.

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

Impact was also observed at a surveillance station at the Zahedan military airport in eastern parts of the country, near the frontier with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the latest wave of attacks have reportedly hit facilities at the Natanz complex – considered at the center of the country's nuclear programme. The UN's atomic energy body stated that the affected buildings were used for entry to the site's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Wider Impact and Assessment

Observers indicated that the strikes appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval capacity to carry out standard operations using its largest vessels. Nevertheless, it was emphasised that Iran maintains the capacity to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The overall scope of the damage caused to Iran's defense facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with attacks said to be persisting. Pictures also indicates considerable destruction to the headquarters of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of non-military structures also appear to have been hit in the capital and across the country since the hostilities started. Casualty figures from local officials indicate that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been killed in the bombardment.

Amid continuing hostilities, monitoring of space-based data will continue to track the changing military landscape.