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A wave of joint attacks has according to analysis sunk or crippled a minimum of 11 warships belonging to Iran since Saturday, recently obtained satellite images demonstrate, with rocket sites and nuclear sites also being targeted.

Images of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas installation, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and houses the main command of the Iranian navy, show black smoke pouring from a number of vessels on recent days.

Maritime Assets Sustained Substantial Losses

Included in the vessels destroyed was the Makran, Iran's most sizable ship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Satellite images displayed dark plumes emanating from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical reports suggest that at least five vessels at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Pictures of the south end of the port show plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while additional ships appear to be damaged, with a single one clearly on fire.

Over at the Konarak base, images show several harmed ships, with intelligence reports pointing to damage to six vessels. Pictures taken on Monday also show that multiple buildings at the installation have been demolished.

"For decades the Iranian regime has threatened global maritime traffic," the head of US Central Command said. "At present, there is no vessel from Iran operational in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of ships allegedly sunk may have been obscured in satellite images by haze or plumes, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts indicated that a ship from Iran was sinking near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Locations Attacked

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the stopping nuclear weapons development were listed as further objectives of the offensive. Aerial imagery also revealed damage at the southern Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility west of the city of Kermanshah, significant destruction was seen to storage buildings, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

Destruction was also seen at a surveillance station at the Zahedan military airport in eastern parts of the country, near the border with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of strikes have reportedly targeted installations at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the center of Iran's enrichment efforts. An international watchdog said that the damaged structures were used for access to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was expected.

Wider Consequences and Assessment

Observers suggested that the strikes appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's capability to sustain conventional attacks using its most significant vessels. Nevertheless, it was noted that Tehran maintains the ability to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, small submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The total scope of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities is still uncertain, with attacks said to be continuing. Pictures also indicates extensive damage to the command center of the the IRGC in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also seem to have been struck in the capital city and across the country after the conflict escalated. Casualty figures from ground sources indicate that a high number of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the attacks.

With the conflict ongoing, analysis of space-based data will persist to track the changing battlefield picture.