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A series of US and Israeli airstrikes has allegedly destroyed or damaged no fewer than eleven warships belonging to Iran starting Saturday, recently obtained satellite images reveal, with rocket sites and nuclear sites also sustaining hits.

Pictures of the southern Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the main command of the Iran's naval force, reveal black smoke pouring from a number of ships on recent days.

Naval Forces Incurred Substantial Damage

Included in the targets eliminated was the Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos showed thick smoke rising from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical reports suggest that no fewer than a quintet of warships at the port were "hit or sunk". Pictures of the southern end of the harbor depict smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while additional ships seem to be damaged, with one visibly ablaze.

At the Konarak base, photos show numerous harmed ships, with expert review identifying strikes against six ships. Pictures taken on Monday also show that multiple facilities at the installation have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has threatened global maritime traffic," an American commander said. "Today, there is not a single vessel from Iran at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will persist."

Some ships allegedly sunk may have been obscured in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or struck at sea, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports indicated that one Iranian ship was going down off the coast of Sri Lanka's territorial waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Missile Bases and Atomic Locations Hit

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of atomic bomb programs were declared as further goals of the military strikes. Satellite images also showed strikes on the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were targeted.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site to the west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive damage was identified to sheds, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

Damage was also observed at a radar site at the Zahedan military airport in eastern parts of the country, near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the latest wave of strikes have reportedly hit installations at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the center of Iran's enrichment efforts. The UN's atomic energy body stated that the damaged buildings were used for entry to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Defense experts stated that the attacks appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's ability to carry out conventional attacks using its most significant warships. However, it was noted 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 overall extent of the damage caused to Iran's defense facilities is still uncertain, with hostilities said to be persisting. Imagery also reveals widespread destruction to the headquarters of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of non-military structures also seem to have been damaged in the capital city and throughout Iran after the hostilities escalated. Reports of deaths from ground sources suggest that a high number of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the strikes.

With the conflict ongoing, monitoring of aerial photographs will carry on to assess the changing scope of damage.