Space-Based Photographs Reveal Iran's Navy and Nuclear Sites Hit by US-Israeli Airstrikes.

A series of American and Israeli strikes has according to analysis sunk or crippled a minimum of 11 Iranian naval vessels starting the weekend, freshly analyzed aerial photos demonstrate, with missile bases and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Images of the southern Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas facility, which is located on the Strait of Hormuz and contains the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, depict smoke billowing from a number of ships on recent days.

Naval Forces Sustained Significant Losses

Among the ships sunk was the Makran, Iran's most sizable ship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Orbital photos showed thick smoke pouring from the vessel which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical evaluations state that no fewer than five ships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Imagery of the southern part of the port depict smoke emanating from the Makran, while additional vessels are visibly damaged, with a single one seen burning.

At the Konarak base, photos display several damaged ships, with analysis pointing to impacts on a half-dozen warships. Pictures taken on the start of the week also demonstrate that a number of facilities at the base have been destroyed.

"For a long time the Iranian regime has harassed global maritime traffic," the head of US Central Command stated. "Now, there is not one Iranian vessel underway in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

Some ships allegedly destroyed may have been obscured in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or struck at sea, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts suggested that a ship from Iran was going down off the coast of Sri Lanka's waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Missile Installations and Atomic Locations Targeted

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the prevention of atomic bomb programs were declared as further aims of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also showed strikes on the southern Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where missile storage facilities and fortifications were targeted.

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

Destruction was also observed at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern Iran, near the frontier with neighboring nations.

Perhaps most notably, the latest wave of attacks have reportedly focused on facilities at Natanz – long said to be at the core of Iran's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency said that the damaged structures were used for entry to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was likely.

Wider Impact and Assessment

Defense experts indicated that the offensive appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval capacity to sustain standard operations using its biggest vessels. However, it was stressed that Iran still has the capacity to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, mini-submarines and its so-called "ghost fleet" of oil ships.

The full scope of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities has yet to be fully assessed, with strikes said to be persisting. Imagery also reveals considerable damage to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

A significant number of civilian buildings also seem to have been damaged in the capital city and throughout the country after the hostilities escalated. Reports of deaths from local officials indicate that many hundreds of civilians may have been lost their lives in the strikes.

As the situation develops, review of aerial photographs will carry on to assess the evolving scope of damage.