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A wave of joint airstrikes has allegedly sunk or crippled a minimum of 11 Iranian naval vessels starting the weekend, new orbital imagery show, with missile bases and atomic facilities also being targeted.

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

Maritime Assets Sustained Substantial Losses

Among the vessels destroyed was the Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had served as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery indicated black smoke pouring from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence evaluations indicate that at least five ships at the port were "hit or sunk". Pictures of the south end of the port depict smoke rising from the IRINS Makran, while additional vessels appear to be damaged, with a single one clearly on fire.

At Konarak, photos show multiple stricken ships, with analysis identifying impacts on a half-dozen warships. Images taken on the start of the week also indicate that several facilities at the base have been leveled.

"For many years the Iran's leadership has threatened international shipping," an American commander said. "Today, there is no Iranian vessel at sea in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some vessels allegedly sunk may have been hidden in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or hit in open waters, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports stated that a ship from Iran was foundering off the coast of Sri Lankan territorial waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Rocket Installations and Atomic Facilities Targeted

Neutralizing Tehran's launch facilities and the stopping enrichment activities were stated as further goals of the military strikes. Aerial imagery also depicted damage at the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile missile bases, and at the Konarak air air base, where missile storage facilities and fortifications were hit.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e UAV facility to the west of Kermanshah, extensive damage was seen to warehouses, underground facilities and drone launch equipment.

Impact was also noted at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern Iran, close to the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the new round of attacks have reportedly hit installations at Natanz – long said to be at the center of the country's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body stated that the damaged buildings were used for access to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was expected.

Broader Consequences and Assessment

Observers suggested that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's capability to sustain conventional attacks using its largest warships. Nevertheless, it was emphasised that Iran still has the option to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, small submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships.

The full scale of the damage caused to Iran's defense infrastructure remains unclear, with attacks reportedly ongoing. Pictures also indicates widespread damage to the command center of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of non-military structures also appear to have been struck in the capital and across Iran after the hostilities began. Casualty figures from ground sources state that hundreds of non-combatants may have been killed in the attacks.

With the conflict ongoing, review of space-based data will persist to assess the changing military landscape.