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A wave of joint attacks has reportedly destroyed or damaged no fewer than 11 Iranian naval vessels since the weekend, new satellite images demonstrate, with missile bases and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

Images of the southern Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the headquarters of the Iranian navy, depict plumes of smoke rising from several warships on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Forces Sustained Significant Losses

Among the vessels destroyed was the IRINS Makran, the country's biggest warship which had served as a drone carrier. Satellite images displayed black smoke rising from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence assessments suggest that at least five ships at the port were "struck or destroyed". Imagery of the south end of the harbor reveal smoke emanating from the Makran, while another pair of vessels appear to be damaged, with a single one clearly on fire.

Over at Konarak, photos show numerous stricken ships, with expert review identifying damage to six vessels. Images from the start of the week also show that several structures at the installation have been leveled.

"For decades the Iranian regime has harassed global maritime traffic," a senior US military official said. "Today, there is no Iranian ship operational in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will persist."

Some ships allegedly destroyed may have been obscured in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or struck at sea, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts stated that one Iranian ship was foundering near Sri Lanka's waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Installations and Atomic Facilities Hit

The destruction of Iranian missile bases and the stopping atomic bomb programs were stated as other objectives of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also showed damage at the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were targeted.

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

Damage was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern Iran, close to the frontier with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the new round of strikes have apparently focused on sites at Natanz – considered at the heart of Iran's enrichment efforts. An international watchdog commented that the damaged structures were used for entry to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was expected.

Wider Impact and Analysis

Military analysts suggested that the strikes appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's ability to carry out traditional warfare using its largest warships. However, it was stressed that Tehran retains the ability to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, small submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships.

The full scale of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities remains unclear, with strikes said to be persisting. Imagery also indicates considerable destruction to the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of public facilities also appear to have been struck in the capital and throughout Iran after the hostilities escalated. Reports of deaths from inside Iran state that many hundreds of civilians may have been fatally injured in the attacks.

With the conflict ongoing, analysis of satellite imagery will persist to track the changing military landscape.