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Multiple US and Israeli attacks has reportedly sunk or crippled at least 11 Iranian naval vessels starting Saturday, freshly analyzed satellite images reveal, with rocket sites and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

Images of the southern Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the main command of the Iranian navy, show black smoke pouring from several ships on recent days.

Naval Assets Incurred Major Damage

Among the vessels destroyed was the IRINS Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images showed dark plumes pouring from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments indicate that no fewer than a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "hit or sunk". Photos of the south end of the port depict plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while two other vessels appear to be harmed, with one clearly on fire.

At the Konarak base, images show several harmed ships, with analysis identifying impacts on a half-dozen warships. Pictures from the start of the week also show that multiple facilities at the installation have been leveled.

"For many years the Iran's leadership has disrupted global maritime traffic," a senior US military official stated. "Today, there is no vessel from Iran at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of vessels allegedly destroyed may have been concealed in satellite images by haze or plumes, or struck at sea, and have not been conclusively proven. Separate reports indicated that one Iranian ship was foundering off the coast of Sri Lanka's waters, leading to a rescue operation.

Missile Bases and Nuclear Facilities Attacked

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the stopping enrichment activities were listed as additional objectives of the offensive. Aerial imagery also showed impacts against the southerly Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were hit.

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

Impact was also observed at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern Iran, near the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of attacks have reportedly focused on facilities at Natanz – widely believed to be at the center of the country's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency commented that the damaged structures were used for access to the facility's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was likely.

Broader Fallout and Analysis

Military analysts suggested that the strikes appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval capability to conduct traditional warfare using its most significant vessels. Nevertheless, it was emphasised that Iran maintains the ability to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, small submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The total scale of the damage caused to Iranian military infrastructure is still uncertain, with strikes said to be continuing. Photos also shows widespread destruction to the main offices of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also seem to have been hit in the capital city and throughout Iran since the hostilities escalated. Casualty figures from inside Iran indicate that many hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the bombardment.

Amid continuing hostilities, review of satellite imagery will carry on to assess the changing scope of damage.