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Multiple US and Israeli airstrikes has according to analysis sunk or crippled no fewer than eleven Iranian naval vessels starting Saturday, new orbital imagery demonstrate, with rocket sites and enrichment plants also coming under fire.

Images of the southern Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas installation, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and is home to the headquarters of the Iranian navy, show black smoke pouring from multiple vessels on recent days.

Naval Fleet Incurred Substantial Damage

Among the vessels destroyed was the Makran, the country's biggest warship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery indicated black smoke pouring from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical assessments indicate that at least five vessels at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the southern part of the port reveal plumes ascending from the Makran, while two other vessels seem to be impacted, with a single one seen burning.

Over at Konarak, images reveal multiple stricken vessels, with intelligence reports pointing to strikes against six vessels. Pictures from the start of the week also show that several structures at the base have been destroyed.

"For decades the Tehran government has disrupted global maritime traffic," the head of US Central Command declared. "Now, there is not a single vessel from Iran at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will continue."

A number of vessels reportedly destroyed may have been concealed in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or struck at sea, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts stated that an Iranian vessel was sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka's territorial waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Bases and Nuclear Facilities Targeted

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of enrichment activities were declared as further goals of the offensive. Aerial imagery also revealed damage at the southern Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were hit.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site to the west of Kermanshah, significant destruction was identified to warehouses, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Destruction was also seen at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern Iran, near the frontier with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the latest wave of attacks have reportedly focused on sites at Natanz – widely believed to be at the center of Iran's atomic program. A global monitoring agency commented that the affected buildings were used for access to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was anticipated.

Broader Fallout and Analysis

Military analysts suggested that the offensive appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's ability to carry out standard operations using its most significant warships. But, it was noted that Tehran retains the ability to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, small submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

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

A large number of public facilities also are reported to have been struck in the capital and throughout the country after the hostilities started. Reports of deaths from ground sources indicate that many hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the strikes.

Amid continuing hostilities, review of space-based data will continue to assess the changing military landscape.