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Multiple US and Israeli attacks has reportedly eliminated or harmed a minimum of 11 Iranian naval vessels starting the weekend, recently obtained orbital imagery reveal, with rocket sites and nuclear sites also coming under fire.

Pictures of the southern Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, show black smoke pouring from multiple warships on recent days.

Naval Forces Sustained Substantial Losses

Among the vessels destroyed was the Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images showed black smoke pouring from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence evaluations state that at least a quintet of warships at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Photos of the southern end of the harbor show plumes ascending from the Makran, while two other vessels are visibly damaged, with one seen burning.

At the Konarak base, images display several stricken ships, with intelligence reports pointing to strikes against six ships. Pictures from Monday also demonstrate that several buildings at the base have been destroyed.

"For many years the Iranian regime has disrupted international shipping," the head of US Central Command stated. "At present, there is not one Iranian vessel operational in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of ships reportedly sunk may have been obscured in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or struck at sea, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts indicated that one Iranian ship was sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka's waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Missile Bases and Nuclear Locations Attacked

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the hindering of atomic bomb programs were listed as other goals of the offensive. Aerial imagery also showed impacts against the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were struck.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone base to the west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread damage was observed to warehouses, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

Damage was also seen at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern Iran, close to the border with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the most recent series of strikes have reportedly hit sites at Natanz – considered at the center of the country's enrichment efforts. An international watchdog commented that the affected buildings were used for entry to the site's underground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was likely.

Broader Fallout and Assessment

Military analysts suggested that the strikes appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval capacity to sustain traditional warfare using its largest vessels. But, it was emphasised that Tehran still has the ability to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The total extent of the damage caused to Iranian military infrastructure is still uncertain, with strikes reportedly continuing. Pictures also shows considerable damage to the command center of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of public facilities also are reported to have been hit in the capital city and across the country after the hostilities escalated. Reports of deaths from inside Iran suggest that hundreds of civilians may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

With the conflict ongoing, review of space-based data will carry on to track the changing military landscape.