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Multiple US and Israeli attacks has reportedly sunk or crippled a minimum of 11 Iran's navy ships since the weekend, new aerial photos reveal, with missile bases and enrichment plants also coming under fire.

Pictures of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, depict plumes of smoke rising from a number of ships on Monday and Tuesday.

Maritime Forces Sustained Significant Losses

Among the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had served 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 evaluations indicate that no fewer than five vessels at the port were "hit or sunk". Photos of the south end of the port show plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of vessels appear to be damaged, with one of them seen burning.

At Konarak, photos display several harmed vessels, with intelligence reports identifying impacts on a half-dozen warships. Photos taken on Monday also show that a number of facilities at the base have been demolished.

"For a long time the Tehran government has threatened global maritime traffic," an American commander declared. "At present, there is not one vessel from Iran underway in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some ships reportedly destroyed may have been obscured in aerial photos by haze or plumes, or targeted offshore, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Additional information stated that a ship from Iran was sinking off the coast of Sri Lankan waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Missile Bases and Nuclear Facilities Hit

Neutralizing Iran's rocket sites and the prevention of enrichment activities were declared as additional objectives of the offensive. Aerial imagery also showed impacts against the southern Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were struck.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was observed to warehouses, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

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

Of particular note, the latest wave of attacks have reportedly hit installations at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the center of Iran's atomic program. A global monitoring agency said that the affected structures were used for access to the site's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Wider Consequences and Analysis

Military analysts indicated that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's ability to conduct traditional warfare using its most significant warships. However, it was noted that Tehran retains the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, small submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of oil ships.

The total scope of the destruction caused to Iranian military infrastructure remains unclear, with attacks said to be continuing. Pictures also indicates extensive damage to the command center of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also are reported to have been hit in the capital and across Iran since the conflict escalated. Toll estimates from inside Iran suggest that a high number of non-combatants may have been killed in the strikes.

As the situation develops, monitoring of space-based data will carry on to track the unfolding scope of damage.