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A series of American and Israeli airstrikes has reportedly destroyed or damaged at least eleven warships belonging to Iran since Saturday, recently obtained satellite images show, with missile bases and enrichment plants also being targeted.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and contains the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, reveal black smoke pouring from a number of ships on the start of the week.

Naval Fleet Sustained Major Damage

Among the vessels destroyed was the Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had served as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos indicated dark plumes rising from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence evaluations indicate that at least five ships at the port were "struck or destroyed". Pictures of the southern end of the port reveal plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while two other vessels appear to be harmed, with one of them visibly ablaze.

Over at the Konarak base, images reveal numerous harmed ships, with analysis identifying impacts on a half-dozen warships. Pictures from the start of the week also demonstrate that a number of structures at the installation have been destroyed.

"For decades the Iran's leadership has threatened commercial vessels," the head of US Central Command stated. "At present, there is no Iranian vessel at sea in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of ships reportedly destroyed may have been hidden in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or struck at sea, and have not been conclusively proven. Additional information stated that one Iranian ship was sinking near Sri Lankan territorial waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Missile Bases and Atomic Facilities Hit

The destruction of Iranian missile bases and the hindering of enrichment activities were declared as further objectives of the military strikes. Satellite images also revealed impacts against the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone base west of Kermanshah, significant destruction was observed to sheds, underground facilities and UAV launching apparatus.

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

Perhaps most notably, the most recent series of attacks have apparently targeted installations at the Natanz complex – considered at the heart of the country's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body stated that the damaged buildings were used for access to the site's underground nuclear plant and that "no release of radioactive material" was expected.

Broader Consequences and Analysis

Military analysts suggested that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval capacity to conduct standard operations using its biggest warships. But, it was emphasised that Iran still has the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, midget subs and its so-called "shadow fleet" of oil ships.

The total scale of the destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure is still uncertain, with strikes said to be persisting. Photos also shows considerable damage to the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

A large number of public facilities also are reported to have been struck in the capital and throughout the country since the conflict started. Toll estimates from local officials state that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the attacks.

With the conflict ongoing, review of space-based data will continue to document the changing scope of damage.