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Multiple US and Israeli attacks has according to analysis eliminated or harmed no fewer than eleven Iran's navy ships since Saturday, freshly analyzed satellite images reveal, with missile bases and nuclear sites also coming under fire.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas installation, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the headquarters of the Iranian navy, reveal smoke billowing from a number of warships on the start of the week.

Maritime Assets Incurred Major Losses

Among the targets eliminated was the Makran, Iran's most sizable ship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images showed dark plumes emanating from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical evaluations state that at least five vessels at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Pictures of the southern part of the port show smoke rising from the IRINS Makran, while additional ships appear to be harmed, with one of them seen burning.

At Konarak, images display several harmed ships, with intelligence reports identifying damage to six vessels. Images taken on the start of the week also show that multiple structures at the installation have been demolished.

"For decades the Iranian regime has disrupted international shipping," an American commander declared. "At present, there is not a single vessel from Iran operational in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of ships reportedly destroyed may have been hidden in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports suggested that one Iranian ship was sinking off the coast of Sri Lankan waters, prompting a rescue operation.

Rocket Bases and Nuclear Facilities Attacked

Eliminating Iran's rocket sites and the prevention of atomic bomb programs were listed as additional objectives of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also revealed impacts against the southern Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread damage was seen to warehouses, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

Damage was also noted at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern parts of the country, close to the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of attacks have reportedly focused on facilities at Natanz – long said to be at the center of Iran's enrichment efforts. The UN's atomic energy body stated that the damaged structures were used for entry to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was likely.

Broader Fallout and Assessment

Observers indicated that the attacks appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's capacity to conduct standard operations using its biggest warships. But, it was stressed that Iran 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 Iranian military infrastructure is still uncertain, with strikes said to be continuing. Imagery also reveals widespread damage to the headquarters of the the IRGC in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of public facilities also are reported to have been struck in the capital city and throughout Iran after the hostilities began. Reports of deaths from inside Iran indicate that hundreds of civilians may have been lost their lives in the strikes.

With the conflict ongoing, analysis of space-based data will persist to assess the evolving military landscape.