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A series of US and Israeli attacks has according to analysis sunk or crippled a minimum of 11 Iranian naval vessels starting Saturday, new orbital imagery show, with rocket sites and enrichment plants also coming under fire.

Images of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict plumes of smoke rising from several ships on the start of the week.

Maritime Forces Sustained Major Damage

Included in the targets eliminated was the Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos displayed dark plumes pouring from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical assessments indicate that no fewer than a quintet of warships at the port were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the southern end of the harbor show smoke emanating from the Makran, while additional ships are visibly impacted, with one clearly on fire.

Over at the Konarak base, images display multiple harmed vessels, with intelligence reports pointing to impacts on a half-dozen warships. Pictures from the start of the week also indicate that several facilities at the installation have been leveled.

"For many years the Iranian regime has harassed international shipping," an American commander stated. "Now, there is not one Iranian vessel underway in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of vessels reportedly sunk may have been hidden in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or hit in open waters, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Separate reports suggested that a ship from Iran was going down near Sri Lanka's waters, leading to a rescue operation.

Rocket Installations and Nuclear Facilities Hit

Neutralizing Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of atomic bomb programs were declared as further aims of the air campaign. Satellite images also depicted damage at the southern Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were targeted.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone base to the west of Kermanshah, significant damage was observed to storage buildings, underground facilities and UAV launching apparatus.

Destruction was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase in eastern Iran, near the border with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the most recent series of attacks have reportedly focused on sites at Natanz – widely believed to be at the center of the country's enrichment efforts. An international watchdog stated that the affected buildings were used for entry to the facility's underground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was likely.

Wider Fallout and Analysis

Military analysts indicated that the attacks appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval ability to carry out standard operations using its largest vessels. But, it was noted that Tehran maintains the ability to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "shadow fleet" of oil ships.

The full scale of the destruction caused to Iran's defense infrastructure remains unclear, with attacks reportedly ongoing. Imagery also shows widespread damage to the command center of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of non-military structures also appear to have been hit in the capital and across Iran after the conflict started. Toll estimates from ground sources state that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been killed in the attacks.

As the situation develops, monitoring of aerial photographs will persist to assess the evolving scope of damage.