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A wave of American and Israeli strikes has allegedly eliminated or harmed at least 11 warships belonging to Iran starting the weekend, new orbital imagery reveal, with missile bases and nuclear sites also coming under fire.

Pictures of the southern Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and contains the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, show smoke billowing from multiple vessels on recent days.

Naval Assets Sustained Significant Losses

Included in the targets eliminated was the Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had been used as a drone carrier. Satellite images showed black smoke rising from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical evaluations suggest that at least a quintet of warships at the port were "hit or sunk". Photos of the south end of the port show smoke rising from the IRINS Makran, while two other vessels are visibly damaged, with one visibly ablaze.

At the Konarak base, images reveal numerous damaged ships, with expert review identifying impacts on a half-dozen warships. Images taken on Monday also demonstrate that a number of facilities at the installation have been demolished.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has threatened commercial vessels," a senior US military official said. "Today, there is not a single Iranian ship at sea in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some vessels allegedly sunk may have been concealed in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or struck at sea, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Separate reports indicated that a ship from Iran was sinking off the coast of Sri Lankan territorial waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Missile Bases and Nuclear Locations Targeted

Eliminating Iran's rocket sites and the stopping enrichment activities were declared as other aims of the military strikes. Satellite images also depicted impacts against the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were targeted.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e unmanned aircraft site west of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was observed to storage buildings, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

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

Significantly, the new round of strikes have apparently targeted facilities at Natanz – widely believed to be at the center of the country's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body commented that the affected structures were used for access to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was anticipated.

Wider Consequences and Analysis

Military analysts stated that the strikes appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval capability to conduct conventional attacks using its most significant warships. Nevertheless, it was emphasised that Iran retains the option to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of oil ships.

The total scope of the damage caused to Iran's defense facilities remains unclear, with hostilities reportedly persisting. Photos also indicates widespread damage to the main offices of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

A significant number of non-military structures also appear to have been struck in the capital city and across the country after the conflict escalated. Reports of deaths from inside Iran indicate that many hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the attacks.

Amid continuing hostilities, review of space-based data will carry on to document the changing military landscape.