Orbital Imagery Depict Iran's Naval Forces and Atomic Facilities Targeted by American and Israeli Military Action.

Multiple American and Israeli attacks has reportedly sunk or crippled no fewer than eleven Iran's navy ships starting Saturday, recently obtained aerial photos show, with missile bases and enrichment plants also being targeted.

Pictures of the southern Konarak naval base and the Bandar Abbas installation, which is located on the strategic Hormuz Strait and is home to the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, show black smoke pouring from a number of warships on recent days.

Maritime Fleet Incurred Substantial Losses

Among the ships sunk was the Makran, the country's biggest warship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery showed dark plumes emanating from the ship which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical reports state that no fewer than five ships at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Photos of the southern end of the port show plumes ascending from the Makran, while two other ships are visibly harmed, with one seen burning.

Over at the Konarak base, images display several harmed vessels, with analysis pointing to impacts on a half-dozen warships. Photos taken on the start of the week also indicate that multiple facilities at the base have been leveled.

"For many years the Iranian regime has disrupted international shipping," the head of US Central Command said. "Now, there is no vessel from Iran at sea in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Gulf of Oman, and we will persist."

A number of ships allegedly destroyed may have been concealed in satellite images by weather conditions or battle damage, or targeted offshore, and have not been conclusively proven. Separate reports suggested that an Iranian vessel was going down near Sri Lanka's waters, resulting in a search and rescue mission.

Rocket Sites and Nuclear Locations Hit

Neutralizing Iranian missile bases and the hindering of nuclear weapons development were stated as further aims of the air campaign. Satellite images also showed impacts against the southern Khorgu and north-western Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where missile storage facilities and fortifications were struck.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility west of Kermanshah, significant destruction was observed to warehouses, underground facilities and UAV launching apparatus.

Destruction was also seen at a radar site at the Zahedan airbase airbase in eastern parts of the country, near the frontier with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the new round of attacks have apparently focused on facilities at Natanz – considered at the core of Iran's enrichment efforts. The UN's atomic energy body commented that the affected buildings were used for entry to the site's underground nuclear plant and that "no release of radioactive material" was likely.

Wider Consequences and Analysis

Observers indicated that the strikes appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iranian navy's capacity to sustain conventional attacks using its largest vessels. But, it was noted that Tehran maintains the capacity to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, small submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of tankers.

The overall extent of the damage caused to Iran's defense infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with strikes said to be ongoing. Imagery also indicates considerable damage to the main offices of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran.

Numerous of civilian buildings also are reported to have been struck in the capital city and across Iran after the fighting started. Casualty figures from inside Iran suggest that many hundreds of civilians may have been killed in the bombardment.

Amid continuing hostilities, review of aerial photographs will continue to track the evolving battlefield picture.