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A wave of US and Israeli strikes has allegedly destroyed or damaged at least 11 Iranian naval vessels since the weekend, new orbital imagery show, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

Photographs of the southern Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the main command of the Iran's naval force, show black smoke pouring from a number of vessels on recent days.

Maritime Assets Sustained Major Damage

Included in the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery displayed thick smoke pouring from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence reports suggest that at least five ships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Pictures of the southern part of the port show smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while additional ships appear to be harmed, with one visibly ablaze.

Over at the Konarak base, images display multiple damaged vessels, with expert review identifying strikes against six vessels. Images taken on the start of the week also show that several buildings at the base have been destroyed.

"For decades the Iran's leadership has disrupted global maritime traffic," an American commander said. "At present, there is not one vessel from Iran underway in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of ships reportedly sunk may have been obscured in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or struck at sea, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts stated that an Iranian vessel was foundering off the coast of Sri Lanka's waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Installations and Nuclear Facilities Targeted

The destruction of Iranian missile bases and the stopping enrichment activities were listed as other aims of the air campaign. Satellite images also showed strikes on the southerly Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where rocket warehouses and bunkers were targeted.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility to the west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was seen to storage buildings, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Impact was also noted at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern Iran, close to the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the latest wave of strikes have reportedly targeted installations at Natanz – long said to be at the center of Iran's enrichment efforts. An international watchdog commented that the damaged buildings were used for entry to the facility's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was anticipated.

Wider Fallout and Analysis

Observers suggested that the strikes appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's ability to carry out conventional attacks using its most significant vessels. However, it was noted that Iran maintains the capacity to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of drones, small submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The overall extent of the damage caused to Iranian military infrastructure remains unclear, with attacks reportedly ongoing. Pictures also shows widespread damage to the headquarters of the the IRGC in the city of Tehran.

A large number of civilian buildings also seem to have been hit in the capital city and throughout Iran after the fighting started. Toll estimates from inside Iran indicate that hundreds of civilians may have been lost their lives in the bombardment.

As the situation develops, review of space-based data will continue to document the changing scope of damage.