Satellite Images Reveal Iranian Naval Forces and Nuclear Sites Hit by US-Israeli Airstrikes.

A series of US and Israeli airstrikes has reportedly destroyed or damaged a minimum of eleven Iranian naval vessels starting Saturday, new orbital imagery demonstrate, with launch facilities and enrichment plants also coming under fire.

Images of the southerly Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and houses the main command of the Iran's naval force, show smoke billowing from multiple warships on Monday and Tuesday.

Naval Fleet Sustained Major 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 showed thick smoke pouring from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Intelligence evaluations suggest that at least five ships at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Photos of the southern end of the port reveal plumes ascending from the Makran, while additional vessels appear to be harmed, with a single one visibly ablaze.

At Konarak, photos display several damaged ships, with analysis pointing to impacts on six ships. Pictures taken on the start of the week also demonstrate that a number of buildings at the base have been leveled.

"For a long time the Iranian regime has harassed commercial vessels," the head of US Central Command said. "Today, there is no Iranian ship operational in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will continue."

Some vessels allegedly sunk may have been obscured in aerial photos 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 going down near Sri Lanka's territorial waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Bases and Nuclear Locations Attacked

Neutralizing Iran's rocket sites and the prevention of atomic bomb programs were declared as other aims of the offensive. Satellite images also depicted impacts against the southern Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where weapons bunkers and bunkers were targeted.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone base to the west of Kermanshah, widespread destruction was identified to storage buildings, bunkers and drone launch equipment.

Destruction was also observed at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern Iran, near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the new round of strikes have reportedly targeted sites at Natanz – long said to be at the heart of the country's atomic program. An international watchdog said that the affected buildings were used for access to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was anticipated.

Wider Impact and Assessment

Military analysts suggested that the strikes appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's capacity to conduct standard operations using its biggest vessels. But, it was noted that Iran retains the capacity to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "ghost fleet" of tankers.

The full extent of the damage caused to Iran's defense infrastructure is still uncertain, with strikes said to be persisting. Pictures also reveals extensive damage to the main offices of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of public facilities also appear to have been hit in the capital and throughout the country since the fighting started. Toll estimates from ground sources suggest that many hundreds of civilians may have been fatally injured in the attacks.

As the situation develops, analysis of aerial photographs will continue to document the evolving battlefield picture.