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A series of joint airstrikes has allegedly sunk or crippled a minimum of 11 Iran's navy ships since the weekend, new orbital imagery show, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

Photographs of the southern Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which overlooks the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the main command of the Iran's naval force, show smoke billowing from several warships on the start of the week.

Naval Forces Sustained Major Losses

Included in the vessels destroyed was the Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had served as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery showed dark plumes emanating from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence evaluations suggest that at least five vessels at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the south end of the port depict smoke rising from the Makran, while another pair of vessels seem to be damaged, with one of them seen burning.

At the Konarak base, images display numerous damaged vessels, with expert review identifying damage to a half-dozen warships. Pictures taken on the start of the week also demonstrate that a number of buildings at the base have been leveled.

"For many years the Iran's leadership has threatened global maritime traffic," a senior US military official stated. "Now, there is not a single vessel from Iran underway in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will persist."

Some ships reportedly destroyed may have been concealed in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or hit in open waters, and have not been conclusively proven. Separate reports suggested that a ship from Iran was going down near Sri Lanka's waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Missile Installations and Atomic Locations Attacked

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the stopping enrichment activities were stated as further goals of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also depicted impacts against the southerly Khorgu and north-western Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak base, where rocket warehouses and bunkers were targeted.

At the Choqa Balk-e unmanned aircraft site to the west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was identified to storage buildings, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

Destruction was also noted at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern Iran, near the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the new round of strikes have reportedly focused on facilities at the Natanz complex – considered at the core of Iran's enrichment efforts. An international watchdog stated that the affected structures were used for access to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was anticipated.

Wider Impact and Assessment

Observers stated that the attacks appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's capability to sustain standard operations using its largest warships. But, it was emphasised that Iran retains the ability to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, small submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The overall extent of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities is still uncertain, with strikes said to be continuing. Photos also shows widespread damage to the main offices of the the IRGC in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of public facilities also seem to have been damaged in the capital and across the country after the fighting began. Casualty figures from ground sources indicate that hundreds of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the attacks.

As the situation develops, review of satellite imagery will carry on to document the unfolding scope of damage.