Aerial Imagery Show Iran's Naval Forces and Nuclear Locations Hit by American and Israeli Military Action.

A wave of American and Israeli attacks has according to analysis eliminated or harmed a minimum of eleven Iran's navy ships since Saturday, freshly analyzed orbital imagery show, with missile bases and atomic facilities also being targeted.

Images of the southern Konarak naval military port and the Bandar Abbas installation, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz and houses the headquarters of the Iranian navy, depict plumes of smoke rising from a number of ships on recent days.

Maritime Forces Sustained Substantial Damage

Among the targets eliminated was the IRINS Makran, Iran's largest naval vessel which had functioned as a drone carrier. Satellite images showed black smoke rising from the vessel which had been stationed at the Bandar Abbas naval base.

Analytical evaluations indicate that no fewer than five ships at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Pictures of the southern end of the harbor reveal smoke rising from the Makran, while two other vessels appear to be damaged, with one of them clearly on fire.

Over at the Konarak base, images show several damaged ships, with intelligence reports pointing to strikes against six vessels. Pictures taken on the start of the week also indicate that several facilities at the base have been destroyed.

"For decades the Tehran government has threatened global maritime traffic," a senior US military official said. "Now, there is no vessel from Iran at sea in the Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait or Sea of Oman, and we will not stop."

Some ships allegedly destroyed may have been hidden in satellite images by haze or plumes, or targeted offshore, and have not been independently verified. Separate reports stated that a ship from Iran was going down near Sri Lanka's waters, prompting a search and rescue mission.

Missile Sites and Atomic Facilities Attacked

Eliminating Iranian missile bases and the stopping atomic bomb programs were listed as other goals of the air campaign. Aerial imagery also depicted strikes on the southerly Khorgu base and north-western Tabriz missile bases, and at the Konarak air air base, where weapons bunkers and fortifications were hit.

At the Choqa Balk-e unmanned aircraft site west of Kermanshah, extensive damage was observed to storage buildings, bunkers and unmanned aircraft systems.

Destruction was also noted at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase in eastern Iran, near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Significantly, the latest wave of attacks have reportedly focused on installations at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the heart of Iran's nuclear programme. An international watchdog said that the affected structures were used for access to the facility's below-ground enrichment facility and that "no nuclear fallout" was likely.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Defense experts suggested that the attacks appeared to have "greatly reduced" the Iranian navy's ability to sustain traditional warfare using its biggest warships. But, it was noted that Iran maintains the capacity to launch asymmetric warfare at sea through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, small submarines and its so-called "clandestine network" of oil ships.

The overall scope of the damage caused to Iranian military facilities is still uncertain, with attacks said to be persisting. Photos also reveals extensive destruction to the headquarters of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Tehran.

A significant number of civilian buildings also appear to have been struck in the capital city and throughout Iran since the conflict began. Reports of deaths from ground sources indicate that a high number of civilians may have been killed in the attacks.

As the situation develops, analysis of aerial photographs will carry on to document the evolving military landscape.