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Multiple joint airstrikes has according to analysis eliminated or harmed at least eleven Iran's navy ships since the weekend, freshly analyzed orbital imagery show, with rocket sites and enrichment plants also sustaining hits.

Pictures of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas facility, which is located on the Strait of Hormuz and houses the main command of the Iran's naval force, reveal black smoke pouring from several vessels on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Fleet Incurred Significant Damage

Included in the ships sunk was the Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Satellite images indicated black smoke rising from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence assessments state that at least five vessels at the port were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the southern end of the port reveal smoke rising from the IRINS Makran, while two other vessels are visibly impacted, with one of them clearly on fire.

At the Konarak base, images display numerous harmed ships, with expert review pointing to damage to six vessels. Photos taken on the start of the week also demonstrate that multiple buildings at the installation have been leveled.

"For decades the Iranian regime has threatened commercial vessels," an American commander stated. "Today, there is not a single Iranian vessel operational in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman, and we will not stop."

A number of ships allegedly sunk may have been obscured in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or struck at sea, and have not been conclusively proven. Additional information indicated that one Iranian ship was sinking near Sri Lanka's waters, leading to a rescue operation.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Locations Hit

The destruction of Iran's rocket sites and the hindering of enrichment activities were listed as further aims of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also depicted damage at the southerly Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility to the west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread damage was seen to warehouses, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems.

Damage was also observed at a radar site at the Zahedan military airport in eastern Iran, near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the latest wave of strikes have apparently targeted sites at Natanz – widely believed to be at the center of Iran's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency said that the damaged structures were used for entry to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was likely.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Military analysts stated that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's ability to sustain traditional warfare using its biggest warships. But, it was stressed that Tehran still has the capacity to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The full scale of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities said to be persisting. Pictures also reveals considerable damage to the headquarters of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

A large number of non-military structures also are reported to have been struck in the capital city and across Iran since the hostilities began. Casualty figures from inside Iran state that a high number of non-combatants may have been lost their lives in the bombardment.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of aerial photographs will persist to assess the unfolding battlefield picture.