Orbital Photographs Show Iranian Navy and Nuclear Locations Damaged by American and Israeli Attacks.

A wave of US and Israeli airstrikes has according to analysis destroyed or damaged at least 11 Iranian naval vessels since the weekend, new satellite images show, with launch facilities and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

Images of the southern Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and contains the main command of the Iran's naval force, depict smoke billowing from a number of vessels on the start of the week.

Maritime Fleet Incurred Significant Losses

Among the vessels destroyed was the Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a unmanned aerial vehicle platform. Orbital photos displayed thick smoke emanating from the vessel which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence assessments suggest that at least a quintet of warships at the port were "hit or sunk". Pictures of the southern part of the harbor depict smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while two other ships appear to be impacted, with a single one clearly on fire.

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

"For decades the Iranian regime has threatened commercial vessels," the head of US Central Command stated. "Now, there is not one Iranian vessel underway in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

Some ships reportedly sunk may have been hidden in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or targeted offshore, and have not been conclusively proven. Additional information indicated that a ship from Iran was sinking off the coast of Sri Lankan territorial waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Atomic Facilities Hit

Neutralizing Iran's rocket sites and the stopping enrichment activities were stated as further aims of the military strikes. Satellite images also showed strikes on the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were hit.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base to the west of Kermanshah, extensive destruction was identified to warehouses, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

Damage was also seen at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern parts of the country, near the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Of particular note, the new round of attacks have apparently hit facilities at Natanz – widely believed to be at the heart of Iran's enrichment efforts. A global monitoring agency stated that the damaged structures were used for entry to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no radiological consequence" was likely.

Wider Fallout and Analysis

Defense experts stated that the strikes appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iranian navy's capacity to sustain traditional warfare using its most significant vessels. However, it was stressed 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 extent of the destruction caused to Iranian military facilities remains unclear, with hostilities said to be ongoing. Imagery also shows widespread destruction to the command center of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran.

A significant number of civilian buildings also appear to have been hit in the capital and across Iran since the hostilities began. Casualty figures from inside Iran indicate that hundreds of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the attacks.

As the situation develops, monitoring of space-based data will continue to track the changing military landscape.