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Multiple US and Israeli airstrikes has according to analysis destroyed or damaged a minimum of eleven Iranian naval vessels starting Saturday, new satellite images show, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Photographs of the southern Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and is home to the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, depict plumes of smoke rising from multiple ships on the start of the week.

Maritime Fleet Sustained Major Damage

Included in the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, the country's biggest warship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images indicated dark plumes emanating from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical reports state that no fewer than five ships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Photos of the southern part of the harbor show smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while two other ships seem to be impacted, with one clearly on fire.

Over at the Konarak base, photos reveal multiple harmed vessels, with analysis identifying damage to a half-dozen warships. Images taken on Monday also show that a number of facilities at the installation have been leveled.

"For decades the Iran's leadership has threatened international shipping," a senior US military official stated. "Today, there is no vessel from Iran at sea in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

Some ships reportedly sunk may have been obscured in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or targeted offshore, and have not been conclusively proven. Other accounts suggested that an Iranian vessel was going down near Sri Lankan territorial waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Atomic Locations Attacked

Eliminating Iran's rocket sites and the stopping atomic bomb programs were listed as other goals of the air campaign. Satellite images also showed damage at the southerly Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were targeted.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility to the west of Kermanshah, significant destruction was seen to storage buildings, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Damage was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase in eastern parts of the country, close to the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the latest wave of attacks have reportedly focused on facilities at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the core of Iran's nuclear programme. A global monitoring agency said that the damaged buildings were used for entry to the site's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Broader Impact and Analysis

Defense experts suggested that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval ability to sustain traditional warfare using its most significant warships. However, it was noted that Tehran maintains the ability to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships.

The full extent of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities remains unclear, with attacks reportedly persisting. Photos also reveals considerable damage to the headquarters of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran.

A large number of public facilities also are reported to have been hit in the capital city and throughout the country since the conflict started. Reports of deaths from local officials suggest that hundreds of civilians may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

Amid continuing hostilities, monitoring of space-based data will carry on to assess the changing scope of damage.