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A wave of US and Israeli strikes has according to analysis eliminated or harmed at least 11 Iranian naval vessels starting Saturday, new satellite images show, with rocket sites and nuclear sites also coming under fire.

Pictures of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas installation, which is located on the Strait of Hormuz and contains the main command of the Iranian navy, depict plumes of smoke rising from multiple vessels on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Fleet Incurred Substantial Losses

Among the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery showed dark plumes emanating from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments state that no fewer than five ships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Pictures of the southern part of the harbor depict smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while additional ships are visibly impacted, with one of them visibly ablaze.

At the Konarak base, images show several harmed ships, with intelligence reports pointing to impacts on a half-dozen warships. Images taken on the start of the week also show that a number of buildings at the installation have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Iranian regime has disrupted commercial vessels," an American commander said. "At present, there is not one Iranian ship at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will persist."

Some ships allegedly destroyed may have been hidden in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or struck at sea, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts stated that a ship from Iran was sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka's territorial waters, leading to a rescue operation.

Rocket Sites and Atomic Locations Hit

Neutralizing Tehran's launch facilities and the hindering of atomic bomb programs were declared as other goals of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also showed strikes on the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where rocket warehouses and bunkers were targeted.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread damage was observed to sheds, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Damage was also observed at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern parts of the country, close to the border with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the most recent series of attacks have reportedly hit sites at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the heart of Iran's atomic program. A global monitoring agency commented that the affected buildings were used for access to the site's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Wider Consequences and Analysis

Defense experts suggested that the offensive appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval capacity to conduct traditional warfare using its biggest warships. However, it was stressed that Iran retains the capacity 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 total scope of the destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with strikes reportedly continuing. Photos also shows considerable destruction to the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

A significant number of public facilities also are reported to have been hit in the capital city and across Iran since the fighting escalated. Toll estimates from local officials indicate that many hundreds of civilians may have been lost their lives in the attacks.

As the situation develops, monitoring of satellite imagery will persist to document the unfolding battlefield picture.