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A wave of US and Israeli strikes has allegedly sunk or crippled at least 11 Iran's navy ships starting the weekend, recently obtained aerial photos show, with missile bases and nuclear sites also being targeted.

Images of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas installation, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the main command of the Iranian navy, show plumes of smoke rising from a number of warships on the start of the week.

Maritime Assets Incurred Substantial Damage

Included in the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had been used as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Aerial imagery indicated black smoke emanating from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical assessments state that at least a quintet of warships at the port were "hit or sunk". Imagery of the south end of the harbor reveal plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while another pair of vessels seem to be harmed, with a single one seen burning.

At Konarak, photos show numerous damaged vessels, with intelligence reports identifying damage to six vessels. Pictures from Monday also show that several buildings at the base have been leveled.

"For decades the Iranian regime has harassed international shipping," a senior US military official stated. "Now, there is not one Iranian ship operational in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

Some vessels reportedly destroyed may have been concealed in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or struck at sea, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts stated that an Iranian vessel was going down off the coast of Sri Lanka's territorial waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Locations Hit

The destruction of Iran's rocket sites and the stopping nuclear weapons development were stated as other objectives of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also revealed damage at the southern Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site to the west of Kermanshah, extensive damage was identified to warehouses, underground facilities and UAV launching apparatus.

Impact was also noted at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase in eastern Iran, near the frontier with neighboring nations.

Of particular note, the new round of attacks have apparently hit installations at Natanz – long said to be at the heart of the country's atomic program. A global monitoring agency said that the affected structures were used for entry to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was anticipated.

Broader Fallout and Analysis

Military analysts suggested that the attacks appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval ability to conduct conventional attacks using its largest vessels. Nevertheless, it was noted that Tehran retains the capacity to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The total scope of the destruction caused to Iran's defense facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities reportedly continuing. Pictures also indicates widespread destruction to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of public facilities also appear to have been damaged in the capital city and throughout the country since the conflict escalated. Casualty figures from local officials suggest that hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the bombardment.

With the conflict ongoing, analysis of satellite imagery will persist to document the unfolding battlefield picture.