Aerial Photographs Reveal Iranian Navy and Atomic Facilities Targeted by Joint US and Israeli Strikes.

Multiple US and Israeli strikes has according to analysis eliminated or harmed a minimum of 11 Iran's navy ships starting Saturday, new orbital imagery demonstrate, with rocket sites and nuclear sites also coming under fire.

Images of the southerly Konarak military port and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and contains the headquarters of the Iran's naval force, show smoke billowing from several ships on Monday and Tuesday.

Maritime Forces Incurred Major Damage

Included in the vessels destroyed was the IRINS Makran, Iran's biggest warship which had functioned as a drone carrier. Orbital photos showed thick smoke pouring from the ship which had been moored at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Intelligence assessments state that no fewer than five vessels at the port were "damaged or eliminated". Pictures of the southern end of the harbor depict smoke emanating from the IRINS Makran, while additional ships seem to be impacted, with one of them seen burning.

At Konarak, photos display multiple stricken vessels, with analysis identifying damage to six vessels. Images from the start of the week also demonstrate that multiple facilities at the base have been destroyed.

"For decades the Iran's leadership has disrupted global maritime traffic," a senior US military official stated. "Now, there is not one Iranian vessel underway in the Arabian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will persist."

Some vessels allegedly sunk may have been obscured in satellite images by cloud or smoke, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Other accounts indicated that a ship from Iran was foundering near Sri Lankan territorial waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Rocket Installations and Nuclear Facilities Hit

Eliminating Tehran's launch facilities and the hindering of enrichment activities were listed as further aims of the air campaign. Satellite images also depicted damage at the southern Khorgu and north-western Tabriz missile facilities, and at the Konarak air base, where missile storage facilities and fortifications were struck.

Over at the Choqa Balk-e drone UAV facility west of the city of Kermanshah, extensive damage was observed to warehouses, bunkers and UAV launching apparatus.

Impact was also observed at a radar installation at the Zahedan airbase in eastern Iran, close to the frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the latest wave of attacks have apparently targeted facilities at Natanz – widely believed to be at the core of Iran's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body said that the damaged structures were used for entry to the site's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was anticipated.

Broader Impact and Assessment

Observers stated that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval capability to conduct standard operations using its biggest vessels. Nevertheless, it was emphasised that Iran retains the option to launch irregular strikes at sea through the use of drones, mini-submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships.

The overall scope of the damage caused to Iranian military infrastructure remains unclear, with hostilities said to be ongoing. Pictures also shows widespread damage to the headquarters of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

Numerous of public facilities also seem to have been hit in the capital and across the country since the fighting started. Toll estimates from ground sources indicate that a high number of non-combatants may have been killed in the strikes.

Amid continuing hostilities, review of satellite imagery will carry on to document the unfolding scope of damage.