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A wave of joint airstrikes has reportedly eliminated or harmed a minimum of eleven Iran's navy ships since the weekend, new aerial photos reveal, with rocket sites and enrichment plants also coming under fire.

Pictures of the southerly 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, depict black smoke pouring from multiple warships on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Fleet Incurred Substantial Losses

Among the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, Iran's most sizable ship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Orbital photos showed black smoke emanating from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical evaluations state that no fewer than five ships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Photos of the southern part of the port show smoke rising from the IRINS Makran, while two other ships seem to be damaged, with one visibly ablaze.

At Konarak, images reveal multiple stricken vessels, with expert review identifying strikes against six vessels. Images taken on the start of the week also show that multiple buildings at the installation have been demolished.

"For decades the Tehran government has threatened international shipping," an American commander stated. "At present, there is not a single Iranian vessel at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some ships allegedly sunk may have been hidden in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or hit in open waters, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts stated that a ship from Iran was sinking near Sri Lankan territorial waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Locations Hit

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the stopping atomic bomb programs were listed as further goals of the offensive. Satellite images also depicted damage at the southern Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where rocket warehouses and bunkers were hit.

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

Destruction was also seen at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern Iran, close to the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the most recent series of strikes have reportedly hit installations at Natanz – long said to be at the core of Iran's atomic program. An international watchdog commented that the damaged buildings were used for entry to the site's underground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was anticipated.

Wider Impact and Analysis

Observers indicated that the attacks appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval ability to carry out traditional warfare using its biggest vessels. However, it was noted that Iran still has the capacity to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of oil ships.

The full scope of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities remains unclear, with strikes said to be ongoing. Pictures also indicates widespread destruction to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of public facilities also are reported to have been hit in the capital city and across the country after the fighting began. Toll estimates from local officials suggest that many hundreds of civilians may have been lost their lives in the bombardment.

With the conflict ongoing, monitoring of aerial photographs will carry on to document the unfolding scope of damage.