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A series of US and Israeli strikes has allegedly eliminated or harmed a minimum of 11 warships belonging to Iran since Saturday, new orbital imagery demonstrate, with launch facilities and enrichment plants also being targeted.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, depict plumes of smoke rising from several ships on Monday and Tuesday.

Maritime Forces Sustained Substantial Losses

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

Analytical reports suggest that no fewer than five vessels at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the southern part of the port show smoke emanating from the Makran, while another pair of vessels appear to be impacted, with a single one seen burning.

Over at Konarak, images display multiple harmed ships, with expert review pointing to damage to six vessels. Images taken on Monday also indicate that a number of facilities at the installation have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has threatened international shipping," the head of US Central Command said. "Today, there is no Iranian ship operational in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some vessels reportedly sunk may have been hidden in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or targeted offshore, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts indicated that a ship from Iran was foundering off the coast of Sri Lanka's territorial waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Installations and Nuclear Facilities Targeted

Neutralizing Tehran's launch facilities and the stopping enrichment activities were stated as other aims of the air campaign. Satellite images also revealed damage at the southerly Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were struck.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was identified to warehouses, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

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

Perhaps most notably, the most recent series of attacks have reportedly hit installations at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the core of Iran's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency said that the affected buildings were used for access to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Wider Consequences and Analysis

Defense experts suggested that the offensive appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's capability to carry out traditional warfare using its biggest vessels. But, it was noted that Iran maintains the ability to launch asymmetric warfare 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 destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with attacks said to be continuing. Photos also shows extensive destruction to the command center of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of non-military structures also are reported to have been damaged in the capital and throughout Iran since the fighting escalated. Reports of deaths from inside Iran state that a high number of civilians may have been lost their lives in the strikes.

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