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A series of US and Israeli strikes has reportedly eliminated or harmed at least 11 Iran's navy ships starting Saturday, new orbital imagery demonstrate, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, show smoke billowing from multiple vessels on recent days.

Naval Forces Sustained Substantial Damage

Included in the vessels destroyed was the Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos showed black smoke emanating from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments suggest that no fewer than five vessels at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Photos of the southern end of the harbor show plumes ascending from the Makran, while another pair of vessels appear to be harmed, with a single one clearly on fire.

Over at the Konarak base, images show multiple damaged ships, with expert review identifying damage to six vessels. Pictures from Monday also indicate that multiple buildings at the installation have been destroyed.

"For many years the Tehran government has harassed commercial vessels," an American commander declared. "Now, there is not a single Iranian ship operational in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea 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 not been conclusively proven. Additional information indicated that an Iranian vessel was foundering near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, leading to a rescue operation.

Rocket Bases and Nuclear Facilities Targeted

The destruction of Iran's rocket sites and the stopping atomic bomb programs were listed as other aims of the military strikes. Satellite images also depicted damage at the southern Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were struck.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site west of Kermanshah, significant destruction was seen to storage buildings, underground facilities and UAV launching apparatus.

Damage was also seen at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase in eastern Iran, near the border with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the most recent series of attacks have reportedly focused on facilities at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the heart of the country's nuclear programme. The UN's atomic energy body stated that the affected structures were used for access to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Military analysts suggested that the strikes appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iran's naval capability to sustain standard operations using its largest warships. But, it was emphasised that Tehran still has the ability to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The full extent of the damage caused to Iran's defense infrastructure remains unclear, with hostilities reportedly continuing. Photos also shows widespread damage to the main offices of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also are reported to have been hit in the capital and throughout Iran since the fighting escalated. Toll estimates from local officials suggest that a high number of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the attacks.

As the situation develops, analysis of space-based data will continue to assess the unfolding scope of damage.