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Multiple American and Israeli attacks has allegedly eliminated or harmed a minimum of eleven warships belonging to Iran starting Saturday, new orbital imagery show, with rocket sites and nuclear sites also sustaining hits.

Pictures of the southern Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and contains the headquarters of the Iranian navy, reveal black smoke pouring from a number of warships on the start of the week.

Naval Fleet Incurred Substantial Damage

Among the ships sunk was the IRINS Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had served as a drone carrier. Orbital photos showed black smoke pouring from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments state that at least a quintet of warships at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Pictures of the southern part of the port depict plumes ascending from the Makran, while two other vessels are visibly harmed, with one of them visibly ablaze.

At Konarak, photos display numerous stricken ships, with intelligence reports identifying strikes against six ships. Photos from Monday also indicate that multiple facilities at the installation have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Tehran government has disrupted international shipping," a senior US military official stated. "Today, there is no Iranian vessel underway in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

Some ships reportedly sunk may have been hidden in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or targeted offshore, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts indicated that an Iranian vessel was sinking near Sri Lankan territorial waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Rocket Bases and Nuclear Facilities Attacked

The destruction of Iran's rocket sites and the prevention of atomic bomb programs were declared as other aims of the air campaign. Satellite images also showed damage at the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e UAV facility west of the city of Kermanshah, significant destruction was observed to warehouses, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

Impact was also observed at a surveillance station at the Zahedan military airport in eastern Iran, near the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of strikes have apparently hit installations at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the heart of Iran's nuclear programme. The UN's atomic energy body stated that the damaged structures were used for entry to the site's below-ground nuclear plant and that "no radiological consequence" was likely.

Broader Consequences and Analysis

Defense experts indicated that the strikes appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval capacity to carry out conventional attacks using its most significant warships. But, it was noted that Tehran retains the capacity to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The overall scope of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities is still uncertain, with strikes said to be persisting. Photos also shows extensive damage to the headquarters of the the IRGC in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of non-military structures also are reported to have been damaged in the capital city and throughout Iran after the hostilities escalated. Toll estimates from inside Iran suggest that a high number of civilians may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

As the situation develops, analysis of aerial photographs will continue to document the evolving scope of damage.