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A wave of joint strikes has according to analysis sunk or crippled no fewer than 11 Iran's navy ships since the weekend, new satellite images reveal, with launch facilities and nuclear sites also being targeted.

Images of the southern Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and contains the main command of the Iran's naval force, reveal black smoke pouring from several ships on recent days.

Maritime Forces Incurred Substantial Damage

Included in the vessels destroyed was the IRINS Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos indicated dark plumes pouring from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments suggest that at least a quintet of warships at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Photos of the south end of the harbor show smoke rising from the Makran, while two other ships appear to be impacted, with a single one visibly ablaze.

Over at the Konarak base, photos display numerous stricken vessels, with analysis pointing to impacts on six ships. Pictures taken on Monday also demonstrate that several structures at the installation have been leveled.

"For a long time the Iranian regime has harassed commercial vessels," an American commander said. "Now, there is not a single Iranian ship underway in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some ships reportedly sunk may have been obscured in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or targeted offshore, and have not been conclusively proven. Other accounts indicated that an Iranian vessel was foundering off the coast of Sri Lankan waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Installations and Nuclear Facilities Targeted

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the hindering of enrichment activities were listed as other aims of the offensive. Aerial imagery also depicted strikes on the southern Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air air base, where missile storage facilities and fortifications were hit.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility to the west of Kermanshah, widespread damage was seen to sheds, underground facilities and UAV launching apparatus.

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

Significantly, the latest wave of strikes have reportedly hit sites at Natanz – widely believed to be at the heart of the country's nuclear programme. A global monitoring agency said that the affected buildings were used for entry to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was likely.

Wider Consequences and Analysis

Defense experts indicated that the offensive appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's capability to carry out traditional warfare using its biggest vessels. However, it was stressed that Iran maintains the capacity to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The overall scope of the destruction caused to Iranian military infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with attacks reportedly continuing. Imagery also shows considerable destruction to the command center of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran.

A large number of public facilities also are reported to have been damaged in the capital and throughout Iran after the fighting began. Toll estimates from inside Iran state that many hundreds of civilians may have been fatally injured in the bombardment.

With the conflict ongoing, analysis of satellite imagery will continue to assess the evolving battlefield picture.