Aerial Images Indicate Iranian Navy and Atomic Facilities Targeted by Joint US and Israeli Strikes.

Multiple American and Israeli airstrikes has according to analysis destroyed or damaged at least eleven warships belonging to Iran starting the weekend, freshly analyzed orbital imagery show, with missile bases and nuclear sites also being targeted.

Images of the southern Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas port installation, which sits on the strategic Hormuz Strait and contains the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, show smoke billowing from multiple ships on the start of the week.

Naval Forces Incurred Major Losses

Among the vessels destroyed was the IRINS Makran, the country's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a drone carrier. Orbital photos indicated black smoke pouring from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical evaluations indicate that at least a quintet of warships at Bandar Abbas were "damaged or eliminated". Photos of the south end of the harbor reveal smoke emanating from the Makran, while another pair of vessels appear to be impacted, with one of them visibly ablaze.

Over at the Konarak base, photos display numerous harmed vessels, with expert review identifying strikes against a half-dozen warships. Photos from the start of the week also indicate that several structures at the installation have been demolished.

"For many years the Iranian regime has threatened international shipping," a senior US military official said. "Today, there is no vessel from Iran at sea in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some ships allegedly destroyed may have been concealed in aerial photos by weather conditions or battle damage, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Additional information indicated that an Iranian vessel was sinking near Sri Lanka's waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Missile Sites and Atomic Facilities Attacked

Neutralizing Tehran's launch facilities and the prevention of atomic bomb programs were listed as other goals of the offensive. Satellite images also showed impacts against the southern Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where missile storage facilities and bunkers were targeted.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e UAV facility to the west of Kermanshah, significant damage was identified to storage buildings, underground facilities and drone launch equipment.

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

Significantly, the new round of strikes have apparently targeted facilities at the Natanz complex – long said to be at the center of Iran's atomic program. A global monitoring agency said that the affected structures were used for entry to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no release of radioactive material" was anticipated.

Broader Fallout and Assessment

Observers suggested that the strikes appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval capacity to conduct traditional warfare using its most significant vessels. But, it was noted that Tehran maintains the ability to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, midget subs and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships.

The overall scale of the destruction caused to Iran's defense facilities is still uncertain, with strikes reportedly persisting. Pictures also shows widespread damage to the main offices of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of non-military structures also appear to have been damaged in the capital and throughout the country after the hostilities began. Reports of deaths from inside Iran indicate that hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the bombardment.

Amid continuing hostilities, analysis of aerial photographs will continue to assess the evolving military landscape.