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A series of joint airstrikes has allegedly sunk or crippled a minimum of 11 warships belonging to Iran starting Saturday, freshly analyzed satellite images demonstrate, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also sustaining hits.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and houses the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, show black smoke pouring from multiple ships on recent days.

Maritime Fleet Sustained Major Losses

Among the ships sunk was the Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos displayed black smoke emanating from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence assessments suggest that no fewer than a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Pictures of the southern part of the harbor reveal smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of vessels appear to be damaged, with one of them clearly on fire.

Over at Konarak, images show several harmed ships, with intelligence reports pointing to strikes against six ships. Pictures from the start of the week also show that a number of facilities at the base have been demolished.

"For decades the Tehran government has harassed commercial vessels," an American commander stated. "Today, there is not one Iranian ship operational in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will continue."

Some ships allegedly destroyed may have been concealed in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or struck at sea, and have not been independently verified. Additional information suggested that one Iranian ship was going down off the coast of Sri Lanka's waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Facilities Hit

The destruction of Iran's rocket sites and the hindering of nuclear weapons development were stated as further aims of the offensive. Satellite images also depicted damage at the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were hit.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base to the west of Kermanshah, significant damage was observed to warehouses, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems.

Impact was also observed at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern parts of the country, near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the new round of attacks have reportedly focused on installations at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the center of the country's atomic program. A global monitoring agency stated that the affected buildings were used for entry to the site's underground nuclear plant and that "no radiological consequence" was anticipated.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Military analysts stated that the attacks appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's capability to sustain traditional warfare using its most significant vessels. But, it was noted that Iran still has 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 damage caused to Iran's defense facilities is still uncertain, with strikes reportedly ongoing. Pictures also shows considerable damage to the main offices of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

A large number of civilian buildings also seem to have been struck in the capital city and across the country after the fighting began. Casualty figures from ground sources indicate that a high number of civilians may have been lost their lives in the attacks.

With the conflict ongoing, analysis of satellite imagery will persist to track the evolving battlefield picture.