Space-Based Images Show Iranian Navy and Atomic Sites Hit by Joint US and Israeli Strikes.

A series of American and Israeli strikes has reportedly sunk or crippled a minimum of eleven Iran's navy ships since Saturday, freshly analyzed aerial photos show, with rocket sites and atomic facilities also coming under fire.

Photographs of the southerly Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, depict black smoke pouring from a number of warships on the start of the week.

Maritime Assets Incurred Substantial Losses

Included in the targets eliminated was the Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery displayed dark plumes rising from the vessel which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical reports state that at least five ships at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Pictures of the southern part of the port depict plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while two other ships are visibly impacted, with one clearly on fire.

At the Konarak base, photos show multiple stricken ships, with intelligence reports identifying damage to six vessels. Photos from Monday also indicate that a number of buildings at the base have been leveled.

"For decades the Tehran government has threatened commercial vessels," an American commander declared. "At present, there is not one vessel from Iran operational in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

Some ships reportedly destroyed may have been hidden in satellite images by haze or plumes, or targeted offshore, and have yet to be fully confirmed. Other accounts suggested that a ship from Iran was sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka's territorial waters, leading to a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Installations and Nuclear Locations Hit

Eliminating Iran's rocket sites and the stopping enrichment activities were listed as additional objectives of the air campaign. Satellite images also depicted impacts against the southerly Khorgu base and northwestern Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were struck.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone drone base to the west of the city of Kermanshah, widespread damage was identified to warehouses, underground facilities and unmanned aircraft systems.

Impact was also noted at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase military airport in eastern Iran, close to the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Perhaps most notably, the most recent series of attacks have apparently targeted installations at the Natanz complex – considered at the heart of the country's nuclear programme. An international watchdog commented that the affected buildings were used for entry to the site's underground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was expected.

Wider Consequences and Analysis

Military analysts suggested that the attacks appeared to have "largely neutralized" the Iran's naval ability to carry out traditional warfare using its largest warships. However, it was stressed that Iran maintains the capacity to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The full scope of the destruction caused to Iranian military infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with strikes reportedly continuing. Photos also reveals extensive destruction to the command center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

A large number of public facilities also are reported to have been damaged in the capital city and across Iran after the fighting started. Casualty figures from ground sources suggest that hundreds of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the bombardment.

Amid continuing hostilities, monitoring of space-based data will continue to track the evolving military landscape.