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A wave of joint attacks has allegedly sunk or crippled a minimum of eleven Iran's navy ships since Saturday, recently obtained aerial photos show, with launch facilities and nuclear sites also being targeted.

Images of the southerly Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas facility, which is located on the Strait of Hormuz and contains the main command of the Iranian navy, reveal smoke billowing from several ships on Monday and Tuesday.

Maritime Fleet Incurred Substantial Losses

Among the ships sunk was the Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images showed dark plumes rising from the vessel which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence evaluations indicate that no fewer than five vessels at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the south end of the harbor show smoke rising from the IRINS Makran, while two other ships appear to be impacted, with one clearly on fire.

Over at the Konarak base, photos display several damaged ships, with expert review pointing to impacts on six vessels. Photos from the start of the week also show that multiple structures at the base have been destroyed.

"For decades the Iranian regime has disrupted global maritime traffic," a senior US military official declared. "Now, there is not a single vessel from Iran operational in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some ships reportedly sunk may have been concealed in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Additional information indicated that a ship from Iran was sinking near Sri Lankan waters, prompting a rescue operation.

Missile Installations and Atomic Facilities Hit

The destruction of Iran's rocket sites and the prevention of nuclear weapons development were declared as additional objectives of the air campaign. Satellite images also showed impacts against the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone base west of the city of Kermanshah, significant damage was observed to sheds, underground facilities and drone launch equipment.

Impact was also observed at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern parts of the country, near the frontier with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the most recent series of strikes have apparently focused on sites at the Natanz complex – considered at the heart of the country's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency commented that the damaged structures were used for access to the site's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no release of radioactive material" was likely.

Wider Fallout and Analysis

Defense experts suggested that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's capability to carry out standard operations using its most significant warships. Nevertheless, it was emphasised that Tehran still has the ability to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, small submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The full extent of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities is still uncertain, with attacks said to be ongoing. Imagery also indicates extensive damage to the main offices of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also seem to have been damaged in the capital and across Iran after the conflict started. Casualty figures from inside Iran state that many hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the bombardment.

Amid continuing hostilities, monitoring of space-based data will continue to document the unfolding scope of damage.