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Multiple American and Israeli strikes has according to analysis eliminated or harmed at least 11 Iran's navy ships since Saturday, recently obtained aerial photos reveal, with missile bases and enrichment plants also sustaining hits.

Images of the southern Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict black smoke pouring from multiple vessels on the start of the week.

Maritime Forces Incurred Substantial Losses

Included in the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, the country's biggest warship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Orbital photos displayed dark plumes pouring from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence evaluations state that at least a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Imagery of the south end of the port show plumes ascending from the Makran, while another pair of ships seem to be damaged, with one of them visibly ablaze.

Over at Konarak, photos reveal multiple damaged vessels, with expert review identifying impacts on a half-dozen warships. Images from Monday also demonstrate that a number of buildings at the base have been destroyed.

"For many years the Iranian regime has disrupted global maritime traffic," an American commander declared. "Now, there is not a single Iranian vessel underway in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of ships reportedly destroyed may have been concealed in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or struck at sea, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts indicated that one Iranian ship was going down near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Missile Installations and Atomic Locations Attacked

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the stopping enrichment activities were listed as other goals of the air campaign. Satellite images also depicted strikes on the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where rocket warehouses and bunkers were struck.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone base to the west of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was seen to warehouses, underground facilities and UAV launching apparatus.

Damage was also observed at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase in eastern parts of the country, close to the frontier with neighboring nations.

Of particular note, the most recent series of attacks have apparently targeted facilities at Natanz – considered at the center of Iran's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body commented that the damaged structures were used for access to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Wider Consequences and Analysis

Defense experts stated that the attacks appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's capacity to conduct traditional warfare using its most significant vessels. Nevertheless, it was emphasised that Tehran retains the option 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 overall scope of the destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure remains unclear, with attacks said to be ongoing. Pictures also shows considerable damage to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also seem to have been struck in the capital city and across Iran after the fighting began. Casualty figures from inside Iran state that hundreds of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the bombardment.

As the situation develops, monitoring of satellite imagery will carry on to track the evolving battlefield picture.