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A series of American and Israeli strikes has reportedly sunk or crippled a minimum of 11 Iran's navy ships since Saturday, new orbital imagery show, with missile bases and nuclear sites also coming under fire.

Pictures of the southern Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas facility, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the headquarters of the Iranian navy, show plumes of smoke rising from several ships on the start of the week.

Naval Fleet Incurred Significant Damage

Among the targets eliminated was the Makran, the country's biggest warship which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery showed dark plumes emanating from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence reports indicate that no fewer than five ships at the port were "hit or sunk". Pictures of the southern end of the port reveal plumes ascending from the Makran, while another pair of ships appear to be damaged, with a single one seen burning.

Over at Konarak, images reveal numerous stricken vessels, with intelligence reports identifying damage to six vessels. Pictures from Monday also demonstrate that a number of buildings at the installation have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Iran's leadership has threatened global maritime traffic," the head of US Central Command said. "At present, there is no vessel from Iran underway in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of ships allegedly sunk may have been concealed in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or struck at sea, and have not been conclusively proven. Other accounts suggested that a ship from Iran was sinking off the coast of Sri Lankan waters, leading to a rescue operation.

Missile Installations and Nuclear Facilities Attacked

Eliminating Iran's rocket sites and the stopping atomic bomb programs were declared as other aims of the military strikes. Satellite images also showed impacts against the southerly Khorgu and north-western Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were hit.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site to the west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive damage was identified to storage buildings, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Destruction was also seen at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern parts of the country, near the border with neighboring nations.

Of particular note, the latest wave of strikes have reportedly targeted installations at Natanz – long said to be at the center of the country's nuclear programme. A global monitoring agency commented that the damaged structures were used for entry to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was expected.

Broader Consequences and Analysis

Defense experts indicated that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval capability to sustain standard operations using its most significant vessels. However, it was emphasised that Iran still has the capacity to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of drones, midget subs and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The overall scope of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities is still uncertain, with attacks said to be persisting. Imagery also shows widespread destruction to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also appear to have been struck in the capital city and throughout the country since the fighting escalated. Casualty figures from local officials indicate that many hundreds of non-combatants may have been killed in the strikes.

As the situation develops, review of space-based data will continue to document the unfolding battlefield picture.