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Multiple joint attacks has reportedly destroyed or damaged at least 11 warships belonging to Iran since the weekend, new orbital imagery demonstrate, with missile bases and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Photographs of the southern Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the main command of the Iranian navy, show smoke billowing from a number of warships on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Forces Incurred Major Losses

Included in the vessels destroyed was the Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery showed black smoke rising from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence evaluations indicate that at least a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Photos of the south end of the port show smoke rising from the Makran, while two other vessels appear to be damaged, with one of them clearly on fire.

Over at the Konarak base, photos display numerous harmed vessels, with analysis pointing to strikes against six vessels. Pictures taken on Monday also demonstrate that a number of facilities at the base have been demolished.

"For decades the Tehran government has threatened international shipping," an American commander said. "At present, there is not a single Iranian vessel at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of ships allegedly sunk may have been hidden in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or hit in open waters, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports indicated that a ship from Iran was foundering near Sri Lankan territorial waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Missile Installations and Nuclear Locations Attacked

Neutralizing Tehran's launch facilities and the stopping nuclear weapons development were declared as other objectives of the offensive. Aerial imagery also revealed damage at the southerly Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility to the west of Kermanshah, significant damage was seen to sheds, underground facilities and drone launch equipment.

Impact was also noted at a surveillance station at the Zahedan military airport in eastern Iran, close to the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the most recent series of attacks have apparently focused on sites at Natanz – long said to be at the heart of Iran's enrichment efforts. The UN's atomic energy body said that the damaged buildings were used for access to the site's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Wider Impact and Analysis

Defense experts stated that the attacks appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval ability to conduct standard operations using its biggest warships. Nevertheless, it was stressed that Tehran still has the capacity to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships.

The total extent of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities remains unclear, with attacks said to be persisting. Imagery also shows considerable damage to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

A large number of public facilities also appear to have been damaged in the capital and throughout the country since the conflict escalated. Casualty figures from ground sources suggest that a high number of non-combatants may have been killed in the bombardment.

As the situation develops, monitoring of space-based data will continue to assess the changing military landscape.